Doctors at the Novosibirsk Children’s Emergency Hospital saved a six-month-old child who swallowed a metal curtain clip. In this respect reports Infopro54 portal.
A six-month-old child was taken to a Novosibirsk hospital in serious condition, the baby was turning blue and suffocating. Parents told doctors that their son had accidentally swallowed a sharp metal curtain hook.
During the examination, it was revealed that the foreign body was larger than the esophageal lumen and was pressing on the trachea. The object had sharp edges that damaged the walls of the esophagus and increased tissue swelling.
“This condition is fraught with the fact that the longer the object remains in the child’s body, the more the tissue swells. Any attempt to take this substance is to traumatize the mucous membrane. The hook was sticking out with sharp edges; It was absolutely impossible to withdraw it,” said Olga Akhalkalakelova, head of the hospital’s endoscopy department.
They tried to remove the latch with endoscopic instruments, but the foreign object got stuck in the tissue and it was only possible to remove it with the help of ENT forceps. The child was kept under medical observation for a week, then discharged for outpatient treatment.
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