It is not uncommon for surgeons to remove foreign objects from inside patients, however some cases call attention. And that's exactly what happened with this one. adolescent 15 years old in Türkiye. Doctors were shocked by the object they found in her stomach. Were you curious? Find out what was there.
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The young man, whose name has not been released, complained of nausea and stomach pains to his parents. Without thinking twice, they took the boy to the hospital emergency room. When doing an x-ray exam, they found the reason for so much complaint.
Doctors were shocked by the contents of the young man's stomach
The 15-year-old Turkish man had a USB cable of approximately 90 centimeters in there. In addition to it, a hair tie was there. The object was in one piece, though a little corroded by stomach acids.
Pediatric gastroenterologist Yasar Dogan removed the cable via endoscopy. "Obviously we had a little bit of work to remove it, as one of its ends had already passed into the patient's small intestine," he explained.
And that wasn't all! It was only during the take out that they noticed there was a hair elastic with the handle.
"After the procedure, the patient was released home and in perfect health," he concluded.
How did it end up there?
The boy did not go into all the details about how he managed to swallow the two items or why he did something like that. The situation shocked everyone mainly because it was a large object to be swallowed and it was in his stomach. A cable is definitely something that would make most people gasp when walking through the door. throat.
Yasar Dogan published some X-rays of the teenager on his social networks. In the publication made by the doctor, there are still some photographs of the USB cable being removed and then outside of the teenager.
In the caption, the gastroenterologist wrote: “Our new collection. God bless my team.”
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