Urethral sounding

Urethral sounding
A Hegar sound being inserted into a male's urethra
Other namesSounding, urethral play
ICD-9-CM58.6

Urethral sounding is the practice of inserting objects (typically made by metal or silicone) into the urethra for sexual gratification.[1] Urethral dilatation is a urological procedure that uses probes called sounds to enlarge the inside diameter of the urethra and locate obstructions in the urethra, or as a treatment for urethral strictures.[2][3]

  1. ^ Boyle, Alexander; Martinez, Daniel R.; Mennie, Peter A.; Rafiei, Arash; Carrion, Rafael (2014). "The time-less urologic question, "Now why would you do that?" A case series and literature review of self-inserted urethral foreign bodies". Journal of Clinical Urology. 7 (3): 165–169. doi:10.1177/2051415813496562. ISSN 2051-4158. S2CID 73065241.
  2. ^ Kwong, Tsong; Larner, Tim (2012-05-30). "A rare and unusual case of urethral bleeding". Case Reports. 2012: bcr20126155. doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-6155. ISSN 1757-790X. PMC 4543040. PMID 22669880.
  3. ^ Veeratterapillay, Rajan; Pickard, Rob S. (2012). "Long-term effect of urethral dilatation and internal urethrotomy for urethral strictures". Current Opinion in Urology. 22 (6): 467–473. doi:10.1097/MOU.0b013e32835621a2. ISSN 0963-0643. PMID 22773058. S2CID 33542570.