An Albanian doctor discovered a Nokia 3310 in his patient’s stomach
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Hard to swallow: Nokia 3310 phone removed from man’s stomach
Phone troubles: Emergency surgery had to be performed on an Albanian man to remove a Nokia 3310 phone from his body after he intentionally swallowed it…
An Albanian doctor discovered a Nokia 3310 in his patient’s stomach
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An Albanian man was forced to undergo surgery after he intentionally swallowed a Nokia 3310 phone whole.
Doctors in Kosovo were forced to remove the handset from the unidentified man’s stomach after it became lodged.
According to The Mirror, the life-threatening surgery was performed immediately to prevent the leak of corrosive battery acid into the 33-year-old man’s stomach.
NOKIA 3310 PULLED OUT VIA ENDOSCOPIC RODS
Dr Skender Telaku shared images of the extracted phone, as well as the man’s X-rays, on his Facebook page.
“I got a call about a patient who swallowed an object, and after carrying out a scan we noticed that the phone had split into three parts,” the doctor told local media in Kosovo.
“Out of all the parts, it was the battery that concerned us most because it could have potentially exploded in the man’s stomach.”
According to the doctor, the Nokia 3310 was removed without cutting the man’s stomach open and via endoscopic rods. Three separate parts were extracted.
The doctor claimed the man had a lucky escape and that there were “no complications”.
NXJERRJA E TELEFONIT NGA STOMAKU Mashkulli 33 vjec para 4 ditesh kishte perbire nje telefon te vogel. Me rruge endoskopike, pra pa e prere lukthin, nxorrem telefonin e ndare ne tri pjese. Pa komplikime.
Posted by Skender Telaku on Monday, 30 August 2021
WHISTLE REMOVED FROM MAN’S BRONCHUS AFTER 20 YEARS
Meanwhile, a whistle has been removed from a Chinese man’s bronchial passage after he swallowed it more than 20 years ago.
The man who was suffering from pneumonia sought medical treatment where he disclosed that he had swallowed the item as a young boy, two decades earlier.
The unidentified man claimed he never removed the whistle as he was “afraid” of his parent’s reaction. As a result from the lodged item, the man suffered continuous bouts of pneumonia.
According to reports, the whistle was removed with minimally invasive surgery where the man’s bronchus was cut open and the item removed.
