- The unnamed male patient, who is in his 30s, was admitted to hospital in Taiwan
- He claimed to have been trying to pleasure himself with the 20cm-long device
- After two days, the man noticed blood in his urine and rushed to nearest hospital
- He had accidentally pushed the plastic toy into his bladder, causing his injuries
A man had to have an eight-inch sex toy removed from his bladder after pushing it into his penis.
The unnamed patient, who is in his 30s, was admitted to hospital in south-western Taiwan having spent more than two days with the plastic object lodged inside him.
He claimed to have been trying to pleasure himself by means of what he described as ‘urethral play’, but when he noticed blood in his urine he rushed to the nearest hospital in Kaohsiung.
The eight-inch sex toy which the man had pushed so far into his penis it ended up in his bladder
Scans showing the plastic object in the man’s urethra. He said he used the toy to help pleasure himself
The object as shown during a cystoscopy – an endoscopic procedure into the man’s bladder – which was used to remove the rugged toy
Jiann Bang-bing, head of urology at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, said the device measured 20 centimetres (7.87 inches) long and 1 centimetre (0.39 inches) wide.
The patient claimed he was pleasuring himself by means of ‘urethral sounding’ – also known as ‘urethra play’ – when he accidentally inserted the device into his bladder.
A routine cystoscopy – an endoscopic procedure into the man’s bladder – helped remove the rugged toy, which had already caused inflammation and blood in his urine.
The patient was discharged from hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Doctor Jiann reminded members of the public to properly sanitise sex toys and to make use of lubricants in order to avoid serious injury having received similar cases in the past with items such as ballpoint pens and cables.