Successfully removed 5cm long bamboo toothpick from patient's stomach
(Baonghean.vn) - On November 8, Thanh Chuong General Hospital announced that it had performed a gastroscopy under anesthesia to remove a foreign object, a toothpick longer than 5cm, from a patient's stomach.
Previously, Mr. LVT, born in 1965 in Son Thinh hamlet, Thanh Thinh commune (Thanh Chuong), came to Thanh Chuong General Hospital for examination due to epigastric pain for 3 days.
After examination, the doctor diagnosed and prescribed a gastrointestinal endoscopy. During the endoscopy, it was discovered that near the pylorus of the stomach, there was a bamboo toothpick (still intact) that had pierced the stomach wall, causing inflammation and ulcers.
As soon as the foreign object was identified, the doctors performed a gastroscopy under anesthesia and successfully removed the rod.Bamboo toothpickabout 5 cm long, intact, pointed at both ends, does not damage the patient's stomach or intestinal mucosa.
After removing the foreign object, the patient continued to be monitored, is now in stable health and can be discharged from the hospital.
According to patient T., due to the habit of using a toothpick after eating and watching TV with the toothpick in his mouth, he fell asleep and swallowed the toothpick without realizing it.
Doctors recommend: If cases of foreign objects like this are not detected and treated promptly, the foreign object can penetrate the digestive tract wall into the abdomen, causing bleeding and peritonitis, which is life-threatening.
To avoid complications caused by foreign objects in the digestive tract, people should not sleep with toothpicks in their mouths. If you accidentally swallow a foreign object, you should go to a medical facility immediately for timely treatment./.