Successful Expulsion of a Golf Ball from the Sigmoid Colon Using Volume Laxatives.

This case discusses the unique technical challenges, which may be encountered when attempting to retrieve a large, spherical, and non-confirming foreign body entrapped above the rectosigmoid junction and how these factors can complicate endoscopic retrieval. The authors advocate that in the absence of a mechanical bowel obstruction, patients with foreign bodies possessing physical properties that are amenable to spontaneous passage, a trial of strong aperients, should be considered first line. The author's contention is that direct escalation to removal of foreign body in theatre can be resource draining and may expose the patient to additional risk.