Tyumen doctors saved the child, swallowing the doll head.
Tyumen. August 18. INTERFAX-URAL — Physicians of the endoscopic Department of the regional clinical hospital (OKB) N2 managed without surgery to remove the esophagus of the baby doll’s head, which he swallowed, said Friday the health Department of the Tyumen region.
“Quite large, about five inches in diameter, item toys completely blocked the lumen of the esophagus at the entrance to the stomach. Special flexible forceps and loops, which help remove foreign objects with a round and smooth head doll simply slide off. The work of physicians is complicated and the weight of the toy, increased due to the accumulated in the cavity of the product liquid,” the report says.
Not to resort to surgery, doctors decided to try to retrieve a toy using a vacuum aspirator.
“Through the instrument channel of the gastroscope brought the device into the cavity of a foreign body, removed the liquid accumulated there, then on the principle of vacuum in several stages “pulled” doll item to the throat and pulled hard with forceps. The baby was under anesthesia, upon awakening, he cared only about the sore throat,” — said in a press release, the words.
It is emphasized that for many years of practice with such a case, the doctors faced for the first time.
“A confirmation of their words serves as a collection of objects pulled in children from the esophagus, stomach and bronchi. The most frequent exhibits of coins from 5 cents to 10 rubles, small toys and their fragments, beads, rings, needles, pins. Rarely, the stick, the caps from pens and markers, screws and nails”, — stated in the message.