4-year-old girl stabbed through mouth with iron bar while playing
(Baonghean.vn) - While playing, a 4-year-old girl in Ky Son was stabbed through the roof of her mouth by a 20cm long iron bar and had to undergo surgery.
On the evening of November 21, the Ky Son District Medical Center announced that doctors had successfully performed surgery on a child patient who was stabbed by a 20cm long iron bar and stuck in his mouth. The patient's health is now stable and he is awaiting discharge.
According to her family, a day before, a 4-year-old girl in Muong Long 1 village (Muong Long commune, Ky Son district) was playing when she was unfortunately stabbed by an iron bar. The iron bar then got stuck in the left side of her mouth, and the wound bled profusely. Immediately, her family took her to Ky Son District Medical Center while the iron bar was still piercing her mouth.
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4-year-old patient when admitted to hospital. Photo: BVCC |
After examination, the doctors concluded that this was a complex, deep wound with a foreign object stuck in the side wall of the oral cavity. The oral cavity has many blood vessels, so the child was bleeding a lot. If not treated promptly, it would cause blood loss, risk of infection, and could later affect eating and drinking. Therefore, the doctors recommended surgery.
"The surgical team used a mouth fixator and a knife to widen the wound to remove the iron bar, then sutured the wound. The foreign object was stuck, the oral cavity has many blood vessels, and the risk of infection is high, so the surgery required great care," said Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Surgery, Ky Son District Medical Center.
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The iron bar was removed after surgery. Photo: BVCC |
Doctors recommend that families pay attention and be careful when taking care of children, closely monitor them when they are playing, and especially do not let children play while holding sharp, hard objects to avoid injury.
