Internet Impact on the Insertion of Genitourinary Tract Foreign Bodies in Childhood

• Main Authors: Xenophon Sinopidis (Author), Vasileios Alexopoulos (Author), Antonios Panagidis (Author), Alexandra Ziova (Author), Anastasia Varvarigou (Author), George Georgiou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Foreign body self-insertion into the urethra is an uncommon paraphilia. Variety in object form, motivation, clinical presentation, complications, and treatment options is a rule. In childhood it is very rare, and it is attributed to curiosity or mental disorders so far. However, the internet impact...