Lithuanian docs get kilo of screws and nails in man’s abdomen

Doctors in Lithuania said on Friday they had eliminated over a kilogram of nails and screws from the abdomen of a man who started swallowing metallic objects after quitting alcohol.

The particular person, who changed into no longer known for causes of patient confidentiality, changed into admitted to health facility in the Baltic port metropolis of Klaipeda with severe belly wretchedness.

An X-ray of his abdomen confirmed up pieces of metal—some measuring up to 10 centimetres (four inches).

“At some level of the three-hour operation with X-ray regulate, all foreign bodies, even the smallest ones, in the patient’s abdomen had been eliminated,” said surgeon Sarunas Dailidenas.

The health facility equipped local media with a photograph of a surgical tray heaped with nails and screws.

“We now have by no components seen one thing indulge in it,” Algirdas Slepavicius, head surgeon at Klaipeda Scientific institution instructed local media.

The doctor said that the actual person had begun swallowing the metal objects over the closing month after he had stopped ingesting.

The patient changed into in a real condition following the operation, he added.

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