Extraction of a rectal foreign body - an alternative method

We present a case report of trans-anal extraction of a foreign body from the rectum using an unconventional instrument. Our patient presented with impacted retained rectal foreign bodies. As the patient suffered from psychosis, a laparotomy with a stoma would have been difficult to manage. It was thus decided to make every effort to retrieve the objects transanally. After failed attempts with retractors and endoscopy, Kielland obstetric forceps were used successfully to retrieve the foreign body transanally. The authors have found no other report describing use of Kielland obstetrical forceps to retrieve foreign bodies from the rectum.