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Kolkata doctors remove 639 nails from man's stomach

We Made A 10 Cm Incision In The Abdomen And Removed The Nails Using A Magnet. We Have Also Extracted Soil, Biswas Said Adding That The Surgery Lasted About An Hour And 45 Minutes.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Tahir Qureshi | Updated on: 31 Oct 2017, 02:39:33 PM
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New Delhi:

In a unique case reported from Kolkata, doctors have removed 639 nails weighing more than one kg from the stomach of a 48-year-old man. 

The surgery was performed at the state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. 

The man is suffering from schizophrenia and had swallowed the nails over a period of time.

"The patient is from North 24 Parganas district's Gobardanga. He was suffering from schizophrenia and had swallowed nails and soil regularly over a period of time," Dr Siddhartha Biswas, who conducted the operation on Monday said.

"We made a 10 cm incision in the abdomen and removed the nails using a magnet. We have also extracted soil," Biswas said adding that the surgery lasted about an hour and 45 minutes.

The man complained of stomach ache during the last week of September and was taken to a private nursing home where X-rays revealed the presence of nails.

He was immediately referred to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital where X-rays and endoscopy had shown presence of nails around 2 to 2.5 inches long in the stomach.

"The patient is stable now. We are keeping him under observation before he is given a fitness certificate," Biswas said. 

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First Published : 31 Oct 2017, 02:38:47 PM

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