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Woman swallows spoon by accident
A restaurant diner in Australia accidentally swallowed a spoon while eating a plate of pasta. The 26-year-old Sydney woman gulped down the implement during a laughing fit while eating spaghetti. She is reported to have gagged reflexively when she realised what had happened but by then it was too late.
Doctors were understandably astonished when she arrived at Canterbury Hospital her X-ray and camera gastroscope revealed the 15cm spoon stuck in her throat at the top of her stomach. A number of doctors were called upon to give advice on how to get the spoon out of the woman's throat and surgeons wanted to avoid cutting her open. So advanced trainee in general surgery, Dr Bernard Bedholm and gastroenterologist Dr Alice Lee managed to remove to spoon manually but with great difficulty.
The woman was placed under general anaesthetic and it took doctors 90 minutes to ease the piece of cutlery out of her throat and mouth. The technique used by Bedholm and Lee involved using snares to lasso either end of the spoon and pull it upright to it lined up with her oesophagus.
So have you ever swallowed anything that you shouldn't have done and did it hurt? |
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