Remove foreign object from girl with stick stuck from nose to eye socket

This is a rare case, doctors removed the intact foreign object, a skewer, from this 5-year-old girl.

Foreign object removed - Photo: Provided by the hospital

On November 4, Dr. Huynh Thi My Hien, from the interdisciplinary department of eyes - ears - nose - throat (Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City), said that recently this department received and removed a foreign object about 8cm long that was stuck from the nose to the eye socket of a 5-year-old girl from LGH, living in Binh Phuoc .

The family said that baby H. was playing around while eating grilled meat skewers and suddenly got the skewer stuck in his nose and up to his eye.

The family quickly took the child to the local hospital and then transferred him to Children's Hospital 2 in a state of injury due to the broken skewer on the outside of his nose. The wound caused the right side of his nose to bleed and his right eye to become increasingly red and swollen.

After examining the baby's eyes, Dr. Hien assessed that baby H. was stabbed from the right nose into the maxillary sinus, right eye socket, no optic nerve damage, and had conjunctival hemorrhage in the outer corner of the eyeball.

Because the CT scan results did not show any radiopaque foreign bodies, the tip of the probe was broken, and progressive eye bleeding made it difficult to predict the extent of the damage, the doctor performed a mask anesthesia, relaxed the muscles, and attempted to remove the foreign body intact.

Dr. Hien said the accident was rare. Most accidents caused by foreign objects often cause throat injuries, the cause is children's habit of sucking on eating utensils or playing around while eating. Most of these accidents will occur in the school-age group from 5 years old and up.

Therefore, when feeding young children, families should provide appropriate eating utensils (spoon, fork, etc.). Absolutely do not let children get into the habit of sucking or playing with their food while eating to avoid similar incidents.

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