Table 1.

Overview of reports on endoscopic and non-endoscopic removal of rectal foreign bodies

Type foreign body	Technique	Anaesthesia	Author[Ref.]
Ballpoint pen	Polypectomy snare1	-	Richter[1]
Water filled balloon	Puncture and forceps1	-	Wolf[2]
Chicken bone	Polypectomy snare1	-	Tarnasky[3]
Toothpick	Polypectomy snare1	-	Over[4]
Apple	Defragmentation by APC1	None	Glaser[5]
Glass bottle	Biopsy forceps1	General	Huang[6]
Vibrator	Polypectomy snare1	None	Huang[6]
Glass test tube	Inflated Sengstaken tube1	-	Hughes[7]
Test tube	Polypectomy snare1	-	Kantarian[8]
Enema tip	Polypectomy snare1	-	Kantarian[8]
Vibrator	Polypectomy snare, biopsy forceps1	-	Kantarian[8]
Pencil	Polypectomy snare1	-	Vemula[9]
Iron bar	2-channel colonoscope and wires1	-	Ahmed[10]
Bottle neck	Inflated Foley cathether1	General	Humes[11]
Spray container	Achalasia balloon1	None	Present report
Spongy toy ball	Obstetric vacuum extractor	General	Feigelson[12]
Vibrator	Obstetrical forceps, anal dilation	Local	Haft[13]
Vibrator	Uterine vulsellum	Local	Levin[14]
Aftershave bottle	Rubber-shod bone olding clamp	Spinal	Siroospour[15]
Chicken bone	Digitally	None	Davies[16]
Aerosol-can Cap	Tenaculum forceps, anal dilatation	General	Aquino[17]
Vase	Filling with plaster	General	Couch[18]
Glass jar	Extraction with plaster rolls	Spinal	Graves[19]
Glass jar	Endotracheal tube, anal dilation	Local	Garber[20]
Apple	Bimanual manipulation	Local	Sharma[21]
Glass jar	Inflated Foley catheter	General	Yaman[22]
Glass bottle	Obstetric vacuum cup	General	MacKinnon[23]
Glass bulb	3 inflated Foley catheters	-	Diwan[24]
Thermometer	Biopsy forceps	General	Huang[6]
Vibrator	Transanal Kocher clamps	Local	Huang[6]
Bowling bottle	Obstetric forceps	General	Huang[6]
Perfume bottle	Manually	Spinal	Busch[25]
Piece of wood	Manually	General	Jansen[26]
Toothbrush case	Inflated Fogarty catheter	-	Wigle[27]
Oven mitt	Forceps after anal dilation	General	Losanoff[28]
Sink waste pipe	Obstetric forceps	General	Peet[29]
Metallic boule	Electromagnet	General	Coulson[30]
Carrot	Myomectomy screw	-	Vashist[31]
Glass	Obstetric vacuum extractor	Spinal	Johnson[32]
Rubber ball	Manual extraction, anal dilation	General	Nivatvongs[33]
Wooden rod	Bimanually, anal dilation	Spinal	Nivatvongs[33]
Bottle	Manually after anal dilation	General	Gopal[34]
Dildo	Myomectomy screw	-	Clark[35]
Light bulb	Abdominal compression	Spinal	Konishi[36]

-: No description; APC: Argon-plasma coagulation;

¹Endoscopic removal of rectal foreign bodies.