Man Inserted Fork Inside his Penis for Sexual Pleasure Ended At Hospital

Doctors have removed a 10cm long steel fork from inside a man's penis, after a sexual adventure went horribly wrong.

The 70-year-old visited Canberra Hospital's emergency department complaining of bleeding genitalia.

He then promptly admitted that he had inserted a piece of cutlery into his urethra in an attempt to pleasure himself.

Unfortunately the attempt backfired and it became stuck, leaving him in considerable pain. Despite this, it took him 12 hours to pluck up the courage to seek medical help.

The fork was so firmly lodged inside the man's body that doctors could not initially see the cause of the discomfort, according to the report in The International Journal of Surgery.

However, once it had been located, 'multiple retrieval methods were contemplated with success achieved via forceps traction and copious lubrication.'

In most cases embarrassed patients attempted to retrieve the item themselves, risking injury and foreign body migration.

The real danger was infection leading to death, because ashamed patients often delay medical treatment, they said.

Doctors generally try to avoid surgery in such situations, instead choosing an option that would minimise trauma and preserve erectile function.

According to the report, typical symptoms after having inserted a foreign object into the male urethra include lower abdominal pain, penile pain, swelling of glans or body of penis, inflammation of the urethra, dyspareunia (pain during sex), blood-stained urine, pyuria (pus in urine), increased urinary frequency, inability to urinate and fever.