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The old man almost died because the fish bone pierced his stomach

Gia An Hospital 115 Ho Chi Minh City has just successfully performed emergency surgery on a case of 7cm long fishbone punctured in the stomach, abdominal abscess, life-threatening.

The patient is Mr. T.D. (71 years old, living in Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh City), hospitalized with fever and persistent abdominal pain of unknown cause. Before that, after dinner, Mr. Sweating, a lot of fatigue, the pain was getting worse, so the family took it to Gia An 115 Hospital for emergency.

The old man almost died because a fish bone pierced his stomach - Photo 1.

The foreign body just pulled out of the old man’s stomach.

Through clinical examination and CT scan of the abdomen, doctors discovered a sharp foreign body in the pylorus, punctured the stomach and partially penetrated the anterior surface of the head of the pancreas. The results also showed that localized peritonitis had formed pus causing abdominal abscess.

MSc Nguyen The Toan, Head of Surgery Department of Gia An 115 Hospital, said that the patient’s condition is very dangerous, an abscess has formed, which if not handled, can cause sepsis and complications affecting the quality of life. network.

After carefully considering many risks, the doctors decided to perform emergency surgery to remove a foreign body, which is a fish bone about 7cm long, to puncture the patient’s stomach and head of the pancreas.

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Mr. D’s health gradually recovered after the foreign body was removed.

Currently, the patient’s health condition is stable, abdominal pain is much reduced compared to before surgery, no fever, can eat light. Mr. D. said he did not remember when he swallowed the fish bone sample because he did not have a feeling of choking.

According to Doctor Toan, the case of patient D. Very fortunate to have been properly diagnosed and treated promptly. Otherwise, the foreign body can escape from the abdomen, causing damage to other organs, infection, poisoning, and life-threatening danger.

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