TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2022-12-103
TI - Unusual Complication of Urethral Sounding with a Knitting Needle
AU - Ayoub Hidayat, Allah
AU - Nils, Schmuck
AU - Frank, Friedersdorff
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2022
DA - Mon 16, Jan 2023
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2022.12.03
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/unusual-complication-of-urethral_SCR-2022-12-103 
KW - Urethral sounding, sexual gratification, urology
AB - Urethral sounding is defined as the insertion of an object or liquid into the urethra. The most common reason reported in the medical literature for deliberate urethral insertion is erotic gratification [1]. The aim of this report is to describe a rare complication of this practice. Herein we present a case of a male in his 60’s who presented to our emergency department with a 20 cm (8 inches) knitting needle stuck in his urethra. The whole needle was inserted. One ending was palpable through the body of the penis, the other penetrating left the medial gluteal adipose tissue.