4cm long screw removed from stomach of 3 year old boy

On September 18, the Quang Ngai Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital announced that doctors from the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Quang Ngai Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, had just performed an emergency esophagogastric endoscopy, using anesthesia, successfully removing a foreign object from a 3-year-old boy (in Binh Tan Phu commune, Binh Son district).

Doctor Nguyen Thi My Le examines a boy after removing a foreign object from his body.

According to the boy's mother, on the evening of September 15, he took his father's headlamp to play with. The next morning, he told his mother that he had swallowed his father's battery and asked how to get it out. After hearing this, his family was extremely worried and took him to the hospital for a check-up.

The child was then admitted to the hospital, where doctors examined him, took X-rays, and performed an ultrasound to determine the location of the foreign object in his digestive tract. Immediately afterward, the child was transferred to the Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation so that the Pediatric Gastroenterology Department could perform a procedure to remove the foreign object.

After 30 minutes, doctors successfully removed the metal foreign object, identified as a 4cm long screw, from the child's stomach.

4cm long screw removed from boy's body

Doctor CKII Nguyen Thi My Le, in charge of the Department of Gastroenterology, Quang Ngai Province Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, said that the process of removing the foreign object from the child patient encountered many difficulties because the foreign object was smooth and round. However, fortunately, the patient was treated early, otherwise the foreign object could have gone down to the intestine, causing intestinal perforation and bleeding, at which point surgery would have been required.

"If parents have time, they should play with their children or observe them while they play. Avoid letting children come into contact with or play with sharp objects, coins, nails, screws, etc. If you discover that your child has swallowed a foreign object, you should take them to a medical facility for examination and treatment," Dr. Le advised.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/gap-dinh-vit-dai-4-cm-trong-da-day-be-trai-3-tuoi-185240918180023411.htm