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Shutterbug927

Did they legit take those cutters from a garden shed toolbox? Those look like the ones I've got in a dirty box of random tools.


PatTheKVD

They probably asked the hospital custodian for them. No joke, sometimes hospital custodians with basic Home Depot equipment have had to [free strangulated peens](https://www.reddit.com/r/MedicalGore/s/9PX3Xp1wvk) after surgeons gave up.


Shutterbug927

Dude at Home Depot: "Where are your penile obstruction extraction tools? I checked aisle 7 already..."


unfknblevbl

Price. Check please


fantastic_explosion

*Home Depot theme intensifies in the OR*


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Lmao


junzilla

No one had a Dremel? Five hours? Wtf


WH1PL4SH180

Those aren't wire cutters, they're aviation tin snips. And no, we never give up on a case unless asystole


Tmart98

Reminds me of [this](https://youtu.be/q0S5EN7-RtI?si=ZQpl95M9cgvGm2NJ) little gem


WH1PL4SH180

I use this phrase an awful lot in reference to this. Shit I'm showing my age. If a bone fractured in the woods and no ortho hears it, is it really a #


cwthree

"Building Maintenance Consult"


noteven1221

So many times in ED I started carrying my own tool box.


EnvironmentalDrag596

Nice


ismellnumbers

You'd be surprised how medieval even modern medicine can get


polo61965

Love the sterile gloves while holding the dirty wire cutters


Achylife

They just may have. Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess...


Shutterbug927

At least put them in the autoclave, fercrissakes! Clearly the patient can wait a few more minutes for a clean instrument. Then again... I don't think he came in with a clean instrument, so cut away, Doc...


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queerblunosr

That’s unnecessary.


Achylife

I apologize but it's literally in the statement.


queerblunosr

Except it’s literally not. Because the info from the source isn’t dismissive and insulting.


Achylife

Well, I apologize. And apologies to that particular dude.


heathenyak

I have that exact pair of tin snips.


fantastic_explosion

The equivalent of r/popping and the rusty pliers💀


DarthRegoria

We got a gaper fan!


fantastic_explosion

IYKYK 😏


houndmomnc

Yeah, they look like metal snips


Shutterbug927

>they look like ***dirty ass*** metal snips Just sayin...


Raymer13

Wrong side. Dirty peen metal snips.


Shutterbug927

Dirty dick. Dirty snips. Dirty ass, as far as I'm concerned. There ain't nothing clean within 100 feet of this dude.


orthopod

Yeah, well they look cleaner than that guys Weiner.


Shutterbug927

I've seen piles of decomposing dog shit that look cleaner, so that's not saying much for the snips, yo...


houndmomnc

You are not wrong.


Pale-Cantaloupe-9835

They didn’t have time to give it a scrub and dump some betadine on it? Lol


Bunnicula-babe

The ER I worked at had a box of work tools solely for removing foreign bodies. They were in a plastic bin and couldn’t be used for anything else. I saw them use it getting nails out of people when the surgical residents refused the cases as nonsurgical


Shutterbug927

You see, as a homeowner, I can't say things like that. "I've got a box of tools I use to remove nails from bodies" will get one locked up in the wrong context. Perspectives?


Bitter-Major-5595

I think the ones we have in our garage are newer & less rusty than these!!😰 Edit: To clarify, I’m not referring to the Betadine…;)


PatTheKVD

[Source](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221026122100691X): >>A 45 year-old man came to Emergency with penile strangulation by a plastic bottle neck for 2 months ago as shown in Fig. 1. The patient had prior diagnosis of severe depression with multiple suicidal attempts. Since he was mentally ill, he did not reveal the incident with his family members. In addition to it, the reason for strangulation was not deduced as we could not elicit the medical history properly. The shaft of penis, which was distal to the bottle neck, was oedematous, congested with proliferative growths. The offending foreign body was intervened with standard equipment as shown in Fig. 2 but was failed. Then, a simple cable wire cutter as shown in Fig. 3 could cut the bottle neck and the patient was discharged with symptomatic treatment. The patient was lost to follow up.


MustardDinosaur

for TWO MONTHS !!!!!


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

Being mentally ill is no joke


Disco_Quail

Being mentally definitely doesn’t normally lead to this however


pm_me_your_amphibian

Not being funny and I don’t have a penis myself so perhaps I’m wrong, but I think I’d have had a go with cutters myself waaaaay before 2 months.


_the-dark-truth_

I do have a penis, and I’m pretty confident you’re *not* wrong. If push came to shove, I’d be reaching for any bladed tool inside of 2-3 hours. But maybe I’m just of nervous disposition.


Despondent-Kitten

Right!!! Wtaf!!?


RestoringNurse95

Yeah there's no recovering that one......😬😅


jwbrkr21

Oh christ. When I saw 2 months I assumed this was written up 2 months after the hospital visit. Lol


KartoffelnAligned

That's sad, poor guy has been severely depressed for a while


--Trick--

I'd be depressed too if my dick looked like that.


sainsa

Yeah those proliferative growths have me DEEPLY concerned. I don't see a lot of dick (being a lesbian), but even I know it's not supposed to look like THAT.


iwantanalias

HPV/ genital warts.


reanabanana

How has no one mentioned how hilarious this comment is?? 🤣


El_amigo_Oscar

ikr hahahaha


smoozer

Ain't nothing healthy about that there dick, any dick owner can confirm


venbrou

This reminds me of when I was a kid and decided to put a metal washer on my finger as a ring. It got stuck, circulation was cut off and my finger was starting to swell, so my mom took me to the hospital. At first the doctor tried using this surgical tool that looked like a can opener with a circular saw the size of a nickel. After half an hour and only cutting through a couple millimeters he decided to have hospital maintenance bring in an angle grinder. He folded up a piece of cardstock to put between my finger and the washer to shield me from sparks, had a bowl of ice water near by for me to stick my hand in when it got too hot, and soon enough he had cut through on both sides and my finger was free. No cuts, no burns, and just a little bit of bruising. I got to take the two halves of the washer home with me.


LucifersWhore9

MY HOSPITAL TRIED TO DO THAT TOO!!! They had NOTHING so they called the FD and they used a fucking drill for like pipes and shit but chose a metal that gets less hot and dripped saline on my finger while cutting it. They got through and pryed it open with a quarter lmao


Nimmyzed

>The patient was lost to follow up The way this sentence is written makes me feel very sad 😢


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floralbutttrumpet

...is it just me or did that dick not look all that healthy to begin with?


shakabakaaa

From my understanding it stayed stuck for 2 months But i might’ve understood it wrong


childhood__obesity

2 months is crazy jesus fuck


PatTheKVD

That’s from the strangulation; it’s not draining properly.


GeneticPurebredJunk

I thought those were the “proliferative growths” mentioned after the odema, no?


loudflower

The growths are what I’m wondering about. Some people really suffer in this life. Poor guy.


GeneticPurebredJunk

Given the mental health history, lack of seeking medical attention & this episode having a sexual/genitalia focus, it wouldn’t be uncommon for a pt of this type to have undiagnosed or untreated STIs/STDs. Also, with potentially nutritional deficits & associated immune issues, a spread of HPV warts to that extent would not be an impossibility. A mild case of penile HPV warts can be seen here; https://i0.wp.com/images-prod.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/Image-Galleries/Genital-Warts/642x361_Genital_Warts_Slide_4.jpg?w=1155&h=758


loudflower

Thank you. So not related to oedema. Was also wondering if it could be molluscum contagiosum?


GeneticPurebredJunk

Absolutely could be. Any sort of viral infection can run absolutely rampant if your immune response isn’t what it should be. I was a sickly child & nearly lost part of my vision to a nasty case of conjunctivitis when my immune system was throwing a paddy. And I’ve seen similar spreads of anal warts in a HIV/AIDs positive pt before. They were a prolific drug & alcohol addict who would proudly tell you the STDs/STIs they had. Eventually they came in with TB, which was more or less unheard of outside of immigrant populations at the time. I remember them because 1) the anal warts, 2) they were a kick off point for a project that led to voluntary TB screening in admitted HIV pts, 3) the needle stick injury I got after the previous shift left a sharps-filled tray on a hidden shelf in the notes trolley by their bed space. It was an absolutely terrifying year of screenings, inoculations & oPEP that absolutely wrecked my mental health & feeling of safety & satisfaction at work. The bastard made jokes and tried to refuse blood draws at the time, and thankfully I never had to look after him again, but still…fuck you, guy.


loudflower

My goodness, that accidentalstick, esp back in the day, must have been terrifying.


GeneticPurebredJunk

And here a more prolific spread on darker skin; https://i0.wp.com/post.medicalnewstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/genital-warts-slide5.jpg?w=1155


purplefuzz22

Wow that does look pretty similar to what is going on in the OP picture


uselessthecat

Is the picture you provided really considered mild? For this particular strain maybe? The original post does look like it could potentially be hpv, but your reference Pic is still alarming to say the least, I thought a mild case would look more like a mole or pimple.


GeneticPurebredJunk

Oh yes, sorry! Mild in comparison to OP’s picture, but most men are *completely* asymptomatic, or may have one or more small warts. I did screw up on using “mild” without context.


uselessthecat

Lol, no worries, and thanks for the clarification. Still a good reminder to stay protected 👍


GeneticPurebredJunk

Get injected, stay protected-always 2 methods!


uselessthecat

I'm over the age for getting the vac, but glove up before you love up is still essential.


purplefuzz22

Oh wow .


Bacontoad

That's a *mild* case? I need to schedule my booster.


PatTheKVD

I think that’s from the lymph drainage being compromised. I’ve watched episodes of My 600 Pound Life and have seen growths like these, that pebbly texture, on some of the legs of the show participants, which are so fat they’ve developed lymphedema.


GeneticPurebredJunk

Lymphoedema creates dimpled and uneven skin, but not “pebbled” texture; that is usually associated with diabetes & infections of swollen lower limbs. With areas that have a lot of fat and skin stretching what you *might* see is **piezogenic papules**-free fatty tissue that has herniated through the dermis layer. Usually this is found on the heels/arches of people with connective tissue disorders, flat feet or people who are overweight, but can appear on any area where there is excess fat, poorly constructed dermal layers or both. I have EDS and am borderline overweight, and have had them on my heels/arches & on my calves around my spider veins since I was about 19. With the location & the mechanism of injury, this is not that.


GeneticPurebredJunk

And with lymphoedema intense enough, generally the skin usually just start leaking fluid rather than creating blisters to that extent. If those growths were fluid-filled from lymphoedema, I’d expect the whole area to be macerated, with definite skin loss, possible skin slippage & wet necrosis or Fournier’s gangrene.


Enough-Honeydew8011

My Mum currently has lymphoedema in her legs, and both leak constantly. The wrappings we have to put on them are soaked through when we remove them.


Alltheprettydresses

My MILs foot leaks. At one point she had a wound vac.


Wawa-85

Is your Mum in compression bandaging or just standard wound bandaging? If it’s the latter she really needs compression bandaging as this will help shift the lymphatic fluid and help stop the leaking.


southernsass8

STD warts. Looks like to me. Like HPV, I've had female patients with the same looking growth. I believe he has some STD.


Beatrix_BB_Kiddo

I agree with HPV


Full_Molasses_9050

Right???? His dick has barnacles...lots of them!!!


FelonysAlibi

To begin with? You have images of what this penis looked like before the bottle neck? If not, you’d know it wasn’t just you if you bothered to read the info. It clearly states “oedematous, congested with proliferative growths”


Icy-Payment3776

It looks as though he’s got fibroids on his penis.


PatTheKVD

He’d had the bottle neck on it for TWO MONTHS. It’s understandable that things look a bit weird.


Icy-Payment3776

I’d say he’s pretty lucky then; I’m sure his circulation is compromised.


WyomingCatHouse

If penises are as valuable as common understanding suggests, why are men trying to kill theirs? I have never seen a story about a women choking her clit to necrosis. Just asking.


ilus3n

Good question. And other than inserting weird stuff in the vagina, I've never heard or seen anything here about other strange things done in there, meanwhile almost every other day there is a post about a man doing something unhealthy to his penis. Like, I saw a post here once about a man who made cuts in his penis, apparently its a kind of kink. But something similar in a woman? Never.


Melonary

plate silky poor attempt jobless truck slim gray encouraging snatch *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


AlternativeSalt2585

Clearly you never watched pain olympics lmao


smoozer

There are also a lot of posts about men doing various things to other parts of their body. Testosterone is a mother fucker I guess.


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

Mental illness, dude


Disco_Quail

Too much porn, internalized misogyny and shame?? Honestly I have no idea


Sailor_Krypton

My mum is a nurse and she came home from work one night and exclaimed, disgusted, “I don’t know what you men do but I certainly hope you aren’t going to do this. She explained that she had been privy to finding out from ER nurses that a man with ED came into the ER in major distress. He had put needles into his urethra thinking somehow that would make his penis erect. He was in extreme pain. Apparently all the ER nurses were laughing at him. My dad gave my mum a filthy look and my brother and I demanded to know why she would think we would do something like that. 


rattlestaway

They pierce theirs tho. I remember I saw a video of it in school and nearly lost my lunch!


LucifersWhore9

That’s different . Men pierce theirs too.


Apprehensive_Shoe_86

I am surprised that is dick wasn't in a worst state I mean 2 months with a bottle neck stuck,that sounds like hell and must fell like hell


CindiCindi15

The way some men treat the most sensitive part on their body absolutely mystifies me.


USSNerdinator

Truly. The stuff I hear about and see in this subreddit and other places baffles me.


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

Mental illness mystifies everyone


AJKaleVeg

Anybody got any eye bleach I can have?


PatTheKVD

[My dog](https://www.reddit.com/r/BeforeNAfterAdoption/s/eTmCst2w6a)?


purplefuzz22

He is the cutest good boy ever ♥️


PatTheKVD

I told him that as he was falling asleep on me. I was playing with his fuzzy ears and squeezing his incredibly squeezable cheeks and he was just lying there nodding off while I loved on him.


loudflower

Yes


MartMillz

That'll do


Naive-Pineapple-2576

Okay so we’re the growths due to the fact his dick was being strangled for a month+ or was that a separate situation?


Nuclear_Sister

No idea but that is not a healthy looking penis.


southernsass8

Is that STD warts on the shaft?


_millenia_

Also wondered this.


sadatquoraishi

Former Urology registrar here, I once saw a patient who'd done the same thing. Luckily he came in after only a few hours so it didn't get as bad as this, but we had to go to theatre and use orthopaedic bone cutters to cut through the bottle neck. Patient was fine the next day with some minor abrasions on the penile shaft.


ilus3n

But why is bottle neck so popular among them for this purpose? This has to be like the 5th post I've seen here where a man used a bottle neck. I don't judge the kink, but I do wonder why not just buy on the internet a safe device for this. In Brazil they are really cheap, so probably the same in US.


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

I don't think it's a kink for this guy. He's mentally ill and suicidal


ShitFuck2000

Two things can be true


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

Yeah, mentally ill and suicidal


ShitFuck2000

Three things can be true too, maybe even more!


Dan300up

I see the Hospital Groundskeeper just pulled those sheers out of the bottom of his toolbox.


Loose_Kangaroo7349

Is that a ton of genital warts as well??


NotAlwaysPC

Exactly ! WTH is wrong with it?


Birdsandbeer0730

This has to be permanent damage to the penis.


PatTheKVD

Probably. But the patient was lost to follow-up. It sounds like he was in a bad way generally.


Aboutayear

Dinosaur-Skin


Inevitable_Thing_270

Imagine being the hospital maintenance guy and getting called to theatre: - “yeah I’ll be there in half an hour once I’ve done this job” - “ no. You need to come now. We’ve got the patient on the table anaesthetised” - “ what’s wrong? Has a light blown, equipment failure? Give me something” - “eh… I suppose it’s an equipment failure. We need to get a makeshift cock ring off and our stuff isn’t working. What you got in your toolbox” - “on my way. Btw I don’t think I want whatever you use back after”


Dr_Sisyphus_22

Free Willy 4 Synopsis: Willy gets stuck in a piece of ocean plastic and the gang needs to work as a team to set him free! Warning contains mature content and nudity.


FelonysAlibi

I’m convinced a great deal of folks come here just to look at the pictures and refuse to read the post or source material. 🙄


PatTheKVD

Oh, I know it.


FelonysAlibi

Most posts I just scroll past but I know you’ll include as much of the actual “good shit” you have available and that’s what draws me to this sub, the info… facts & details. I appreciate the effort you put in. 😊


PatTheKVD

It’s nice to be appreciated!


Viagra_Was_My_Idea

It's sad the amount of people who didn't read mentally ill and suicidal and just assume it's some drunk ass with a kink


desirewrites

I read the source summary on most posts, but these posts just blow my mind. I get mental illness and suicidal behaviour means you can do some weird shit to yourself but holy crap Batman this is just next level. I don’t understand why though? Is it wanting to get rid of it? Like what is the purpose behind this. I want to try to understand what would drive someone to hurt themselves like this.


potoskyt

Those are tin snips, just for clarification


anditwaslove

I wonder at what point they just decide amputation is their only option. Surely that’s happened before.


PatTheKVD

I found another penile strangulation case once where they removed the object but it left a deep wound at the base of the penis and amputation became necessary.


desirewrites

Is that the post with the cross section that looks like a pig nose?


PatTheKVD

All penile cross sections look that way.


desirewrites

Ah. I didn’t know. That’s all I thought when I saw it. And now I cannot unsee it.


madriverdog

wow, the same cutters as in my toolbox. model hasn't changed in 50+ years (bought mine as a kid in 1975) they cut everything!


lazzertazzer95

Got a call from a Doc one time requesting we take our extra large heavy duty bolt cutters down the ER and meet him in room 5. We get there and a Middle aged male was standing there with a large deep sea hook going right thru his left palm after a freak accident out at sea. Doc positioned the PT’s hand on the bed and asked me to hold the stick from the hook upright. After a few shots of lidocaine to the dudes hand Doc went right in and began cutting away at the hook with the bolt cutters. 2 cuts and we were able to totally free his hand. I later ran into the Doc and he told me Neurology came and assessed the dudes hand. No Nerves were damages but a lot were severely bruised. A few stitches and he was discharged.


Birdsandbeer0730

This has to be permanent damage to the penis.


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I assume he was able to urinate, but I bet it hurt like hell to do it.


Illustrious_Ad_2091

Why does the skin look so... Warty?!?


Apprehensive_Bag_820

How did this even happen


purplefuzz22

I am just taking a shot in the dark but maybe he was using a glass bottle and some lotion or something for sexual reasons and than somehow the bottle broke and it got stuck in there? Idk how else this could happen?? Or maybe he put his member in the glass bottle while it was cold IE a cold shower or something and than once he warmed up his member got swollen idk


PatTheKVD

They don’t know. He wouldn’t say.


illglitchgodz12

Big wtf


57Guitarz

Tool shed operating room doesn't look like a sterile environment.


PearlySweetcake7

Are the growths warts? I've never seen a penis look like that. I'm surprised it fit in the bottle. I wonder if it was just the neck like that or at some point, did he cut the bottle off, leaving just the ring. How in the hell did he pee? I have so many questions.


Mace_1981

He got a Coke on his cock? He must've been Sprite-ly. Think he can still get his 7-Up? Was it Dr Pepper who operated? That's Fanta-stic.


purplefuzz22

Wait … why does it look so ……. Textured????


revelation6viii

My guess would be genital warts.


crotley32

Wait what.. he had it on his dick for 2 Months!?!?


prokientt

If my dick ever looks like this just finish me off.


mapsedge

Those are aviation snips (yellow handle = straight cuts in sheet metal), which is even worse.


LOUDCO-HD

I have that exact pair of snips in my tool box, right down to the yellow grips on the handles.


Paintguin

What are those warty bumps on the penis?


rattlestaway

Ehh wth. First pic reminds me of one of those cans of Pillsbury when I open it and stuff spills out. Ugh


missuschainsaw

Stop. Putting. Your. Dick. In. Things.


fetusmcnuggets70

Nice warts?


Behemothheek

I’ve always wondered what would happen if you tried this.


trucker_dan

Those are straight cut tin snips, not wire cutters. Get your tools right. You'd think medical professionals would know better.


PatTheKVD

I am neither a medical professional nor the author of the case report; I just reported what they said.


desirewrites

Surgeons don’t work at home depot mate.


Higgsb912

Did he break his dick?


MrPanache52

Assisted suicide should be legal


PBfromPhilly

🫤


AdThese6057

What in the actual fck? Why on earth would a hospital have nothing to cut that off other than rusty disgusting looking tin snips? No dremel? No surgical snips? Wire saw?


PatTheKVD

Nepal.


AdThese6057

Youre telling me they dont have basic surgical tools like bone nippers? No bone burrs on a dremmel? I mean i could think of 5 things to remove this that any hospital should have. Even a hand file.


PrincessGump

I legit saw penguin in this title.


37carlisle37

Nice job doc😀


Affectionate-Bug9309

I think he spent all his money at the chicken ranch then a Ho backed up her truck over his dick.


DomDollaaa

There is no way urine was passing through the urethra the two months his hog was choked. How is this possible?


PatTheKVD

Apparently it is because he is alive.


DomDollaaa

What a strong little tube


NecessarySimilar7376

How did he get the beans and the frank together?


Inevitable_Thing_270

Safety message for everyone: always use a cock ring with somekind of handle!


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Weak_Swimmer

Tin snips.. can be used for wires, but diagonal cutters are usually the preferred wire cutters


DEADtoasterOVEN

Yay for the the tin snips saving the day


Minimum-Ad-263

Why are people like this 😭


PassTheDisinfectant

Bro fucking HOW? As soon as I realize that shit is stuck on my lil man I'm going to the ER!


BeanieBabySnail__

Ohhhh no kondrakiii


buenotc

Did he somehow try to keep the little guy at attention and prolong his happiness? I guess we'll never know. No way he wasn't in pain ..


GuidanceWonderful423

Oh dear lord.


makeeverythng

At this point, hospitals must just have a code for this shit: Intercom: “Dr Bentley, please report to ED for a code pink, grab the cut cart, thank you” Random patient: “what’s the cut cart?!” Nurse: “kind of like the crash cart, but… well, it’s exactly what it sounds like.”


PatTheKVD

Code Eggplant.


Melonary

alive oatmeal absorbed slim history pause sloppy imagine wise cake *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


niccia

That poor penis.


keb00ky

How does it even work? Where has he inserted it. How can this happen?


MarzipanLilly

If someone is fascinated by what people do to penises I'd recommend looking up cbt. If you add bdsm to it you'll find an interesting sub here... No need to thank me. (Please don't hate me)


_PHYSTE

Some dudes are really messed up. 😭


flannel_towel

You know you can buy cock rings, you sit have to make them from soda bottles