Under simple treatment the patient recovered and was returned to duty about ten weeks afterward.
There are a number of cases on record in which a bullet entering the abdominal cavity is subsequently voided either by the bladder or by the bowel.

Ducachet mentions two cases at the Georgetown Seminary Hospital during the late war in which Minie balls entering the abdominal wall were voided by the anus in a much battered condition.

Bartlett reports the case of a young man who was accidentally shot in the abdomen with a Colt's revolver.

Immediately after the accident he complained of constant and pressing desire to void his urine.

While urinating on the evening of the third day, the ball escaped from the urethra and fell with a click into the chamber.