A septuagenarian Australian man was positively stunned to need urgent urethra surgery after jamming three button-style batteries into his penis.
The anonymous man, whose medical anomaly is now the source of a revolting medical study in March’s Urology Case Reports. He had been fueling his own sexual gratification by intentionally shoving batteries into the one-way tunnel.
The authors wrote that, to the best of our understanding, this is the first reported case of urethral necrosis with button battery insertion. Reportedly, the patient had inserted batteries several times before without them getting stuck inside.
He also underwent shockwave therapy on his member; he had suffered erectile dysfunction for three years.
The 73-year-old man waited 24 hours to get medical attention. Later, doctors moved quickly to remove the foreign objects, as their corrosiveness can cause necrosis, the death of body tissue, in just two hours.
They also worried about the potentially rare but lethal infection of Fournier’s gangrene. After several failed approaches, surgeons resorted to forceps, which finally got out the little buggers. The study gruesomely noted that all extracted batteries were coated with black tar-like material.
That wasn’t the end of it, although, 10 days later, the man returned to the hospital, complaining of swelling and icky discharge, prompting doctors to aggressively operate yet again.
Researchers noted that an incision was made in the penile skin, adding that a large amount of fluid leaked out.
The doctors’ fears were that the man had developed an extensive degree of necrosis. They were realized, and part of his urethra had to be removed.
According to the researchers, who described the complex, six-month procedure of mucous membrane grafts, given the complexity of his injury, it was deemed that formal penile urethral reconstruction would likely require a 3-stage repair.
Ultimately, doctors decided that the best option would be no further penile reconstruction after assessing the extremely damaged penis.
(Input from various sources)
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