Teen Gets Bizzare Object Stuck In His Urethra, Undergoes Emergency Surgery

In a bizarre incident, a teenager had to undergo emergency surgery after he got a USB cable inserted into his penis. The cable ended up lodged inside the boy's urethra, with both ends protruding from his genitals.

The 15-year-old boy from the U.K. was "triggered by sexual curiosity" into committing the dangerous act, said a study published in Urology Case Reports.

His repeated attempts to remove the cable failed, following which he was rushed to the University College Hospital in London. He had started urinating blood by then. The embarrassed boy reportedly asked to speak to doctors without his mother's presence, wherein he “confessed” to his frightening escapade.

A plain pelvic radiographic imaging confirmed the exact position and shape of the formatted knot. Following this, the surgeons made an incision in the region between his genitalia and anus. They first pulled out the spooled end through the hole, cutting it free from the rest of the wire before removing the remaining bits.

He was discharged the following day with simple analgesia and oral antibiotics. However, he did have to undergo a follow-up scan two weeks later. He will also need monitoring in the future.

Doctors who consulted him opined that the teen was lucky to have escaped without any injuries. Usually inserting foreign objects in one’s private parts can lead to a host of complications, from urinary tract infections to urethral injuries.

Though it is unclear why anyone would commit such an "invasive member-measuring method," experts believe such acts usually stem from sexual curiosity, sexual practice after intoxication, and mental disorders such as borderline, schizoaffective and bipolar personality disorders.

However, the teen was an otherwise fit and healthy adolescent with no history of mental health disorders.

A similar case was reported in India a few years back when an 18-year-old shoved an electrical wire up his urethra to arouse himself. The act left him in great pain and unable to urinate, but he did not confess to urologists the reason behind his agony. An X-ray revealed an electrical wire tangled in his bladder. Doctors then cut the wire up into smaller pieces to pull out of his urethra.