TY - JOUR AU - Levine, Max A. AU - Evans, Howard PY - 2013/01/23 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Open removal as a first-line treatment of magnetic intravesical foreign bodies JF - Canadian Urological Association Journal JA - CUAJ VL - 7 IS - 1-2 SE - Case Series DO - 10.5489/cuaj.190 UR - https://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/190 SP - E25-E28 AB - 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. ER -