An emergency operation was performed after a metal object weighing more than 1 kg was found in the stomach of a man who visited the hospital with severe abdominal pain.
According to the Guardian, a British daily on the 5th, a man living in Lithuania visited a hospital in the Baltic port city of Klaipeda with severe abdominal pain on the 1st.
The doctor took an x-ray and was horrified. This is because various metal objects such as nails and screws were found in the man’s stomach. The medical staff were able to take out all the metal objects in the man’s stomach only after performing a major operation that took more than three hours.
The metal material found in the man’s stomach weighed more than 1 kg and varied in size. The largest object reached 10 centimeters in length. A man with severe symptoms of alcoholism said he had swallowed metal objects for a month after he stopped drinking.
The surgeon who performed the operation, Sarunas Deydenas, said, “The operation was performed for three hours against the X-rays and all foreign objects in the patient’s stomach were removed.” “I have never seen such a case.” wrapped around The hospital did not disclose the man’s identity for privacy reasons. However, the hospital reported to the local media a photo of an operating table full of nails and screws.
Currently, the man is said to be in a non-life-threatening condition. The hospital said the patient is recovering from the surgery.
YTN PLUS Jeong Yoon-ju (younju@ytnplus.co.kr)
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