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2/2026 vol. 101
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The foreign body in the urinary tract in paediatric population: a case series of self-insertion of metallic objects into the lower urinary tract

Małgorzata Placzyńska 1
,
Joanna Milart 1
,
Martyna Zabłocka-Sznajder 1
,
Agnieszka Mejer-Zahorowska 1
,
Bolesław Kalicki 1, 2
,
Beata Jurkiewicz 3
,
Joanna Katarzyna Samotyjek 3

  1. Department of Paediatrics, Nephrology and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

  3. Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Paediatric Hospital in Dziekanow Lesny, Dziekanow Lesny, Poland

Pediatr Pol 2026; 101 (2): 188-193

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/polp.2026.162942
Data publikacji online: 2026/06/30
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