Superglue in the Urethra: Surgical Treatment

Abstract

We describe a case of superglue application into the male urethra with successful surgical treatment of the glue particles by external urethrotomy.

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“…This case report highlights that superglue can be safely left in the urethra providing that the patient is able to void urine satisfactorily. Heberling et al described a similar case where they were unable to initially remove the superglue endoscopically due to adherence to the urethral mucosa [ 2 ]. Their patient received an external urethromtomy to remove the adherent fragment of superglue despite the patient being able to void urine with no residual.…”

“…Superglue is a material that has the potential to cause significant injury if instilled into the urethra. Despite this, only two reported cases exist in the literature describing successful surgical removal [ 1 , 2 ]. There are no reports to our knowledge detailing the technique for the delayed removal of superglue from the male urethra.…”