@article{Levine_Evans_2013, title={Open removal as a first-line treatment of magnetic intravesical foreign bodies}, volume={7}, url={https://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/190}, DOI={10.5489/cuaj.190}, abstractNote={Intravesical foreign bodies are an uncommon, but significant, cause of urologic consultation. We present 3 patients who all inserted magnetic beads per urethra into the urinary bladder, which subsequently became retained. Endoscopic attempts were unsuccessfully tried in the first 2 cases, necessitating open cystotomy to remove the beads. The third went straight to open removal. Given the failure of minimally invasive techniques, we believe that open removal should be the first-line treatment for these types of foreign bodies.}, number={1-2}, journal={Canadian Urological Association Journal}, author={Levine, Max A. and Evans, Howard}, year={2013}, month={Jan.}, pages={E25-E28} }