Kang Niu, 52, inserted the 13-centimetre long steel rod into his penis after he began having problems getting an erection.
A man almost died after inserting a steel rod into his penis to improve his sex life.
Doctors removed the steel rod from a man's urinary tract.
A man who tried to improve his sex life by sticking a steel rod down his penis almost died when it shot into his bladder during intercourse.
Kang Niu, 52, inserted the 13-centimetre long steel rod into his penis after he began having problems getting an erection.
He told medics he felt this was the reason he was struggling to find and keep a girlfriend.
As a result he came up with the idea of a steel reinforcement using a metal rod with a narrow tube down the middle.
A spokesman at Second Hospital in the Chinese city of Hengyang said: "He believed that using this would give him a prolonged sexual experience."
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