Foreign Bodies, Rectum: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

object in rectum, rectal foreign body, rectal foreign object, rectal foreign bodies, rectal pain, rectal bleeding, rectal lacerations, rectal perforations, foreign body in the rectum

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David W Munter, MD, MBA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Medical Director, Emergency Medical Department, Sentara Obici Hospital; Partner, Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, LPC; President of the DESA Consulting Group
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