The man underwent a delicate procedure at Mater University Hospital in Dublin (Picture: Google Street View)

A man in Dublin has been saved from penile strangulation thanks to some steady nerves and an angle grinder.

The long and short of it is that he got a cock ring stuck on his penis.

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After several hours the man, who has not been named, took himself to Mater University Hospital A&E to try and get help to have it removed, but ended up in the Irish Medical Journal.

Emergency crews from the hospital and the local fire brigade managed to prevent ‘organ-threatening complications’ thanks to some urgent treatment.


It’s not known what the man was doing to get the titanium ring so stuck that it caused pain and swelling, but cock rings are often used to improve sexual performance. It says so in the Irish Medical Journal.



When doctors were unable to remove the ring they called fire crews to help them out. (Or rather, help him out).

They sedated him and using a grinder they removed the cock ring after about 20 minutes.

The man did get his happy ending – he’s made a ‘full functional recovery’