Doctors at a hospital in India removed a dental drill from the lungs of a patient.
The surgery was undertaken at the Getwell Hospital in Nagpur.
The drill had fallen into the windpipe of the patient during a root canal procedure. The position of the drill was such that it could puncture his lung and blood vessels even with a simple cough.
The drill was swallowed into the stomach of the patient even while it was being removed by the doctors using a bronchoscope. Finally, a gastroscope was used to safely maneuver the drill out of the body.
“The patient as well as the dentist was very disturbed. But luckily there were not many complications. The patient was given local anaesthesia in the lungs using a nebulizer to avoid coughing,” Dr Rajesh Swarnakar, senior pulmonologist
Gastroenterologist Dr Abhiram Paranjpaye used a gastroscope to pull it out. “A trap-like basket was sent into the stomach using the gastroscope, which trapped the drill.”
The whole procedure took 20-30 minutes
The surgery was undertaken at the Getwell Hospital in Nagpur.
The drill had fallen into the windpipe of the patient during a root canal procedure. The position of the drill was such that it could puncture his lung and blood vessels even with a simple cough.
The drill was swallowed into the stomach of the patient even while it was being removed by the doctors using a bronchoscope. Finally, a gastroscope was used to safely maneuver the drill out of the body.
“The patient as well as the dentist was very disturbed. But luckily there were not many complications. The patient was given local anaesthesia in the lungs using a nebulizer to avoid coughing,” Dr Rajesh Swarnakar, senior pulmonologist
Gastroenterologist Dr Abhiram Paranjpaye used a gastroscope to pull it out. “A trap-like basket was sent into the stomach using the gastroscope, which trapped the drill.”
The whole procedure took 20-30 minutes
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