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Scissors Removed From Man’s Stomach 18 Years After They Were Left Inside Him
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| Dallas Franklin
Posted on 03/27/2017 9:01:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A pair of scissors was finally removed from a man’s stomach, 18 years after they were left inside him during an operation.
The six-inch long surgical scissors were successfully removed from 54-year-old Ma Van Nhat at Bac Kan General Hospital on December 31, the Independent reports.
In 1998, Nhat underwent surgery after being involved in a traffic accident.
Following the operation, he said his stomach still hurt, but he went to a local clinic and was diagnosed as having a stomach ache.
Eighteen years after the operation, Nhat started experiencing frequent sharp pains.
The man had his stomach x-rayed and the film showed scissors lying in his abdomen.
Now, he is recovering after having the scissors removed.
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To: nickcarraway
Wonder how he got through TSA checkpoints.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:02:02 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: SkyDancer
I didn’t know we had Obamacare back then.
To: nickcarraway
That's his stomach? Looks more like his shoulder.
But then, I've never been good at reading x-rays.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:04:53 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: SkyDancer
Wonder how he got through TSA checkpoints.He cut in line.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:09:49 AM PDT
by
meyer
(The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
To: Texas Eagle
Below diaphragm, tip of scissors still below GE junction, either in stomach or in some AP location relative to stomach
To: Texas Eagle
I’m thinking that’s his pelvis on the right. A couple of good sneezes and he could have saved the cost of a vasectomy. :=)
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:13:19 AM PDT
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: Bob
Isn’t that his spine right below the scissors? So his head is just out of the picture to the left. Or does he have a tail?
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:14:59 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: nickcarraway
Looks more like a set of forceps instead of scissors.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:18:07 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: nickcarraway
Viet Nam...were they pinko shears?
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:19:15 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: meyer
I see what you did there. ;-)
To: nickcarraway
he said his stomach still hurt, but he went to a local clinic and was diagnosed as having a stomach ache
What a great diagnosis - right on.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:21:13 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
lol. that was sort of my thought.
but in all seriousness....i hear these stories too often for comfort.
I have to wonder: would it be too difficult to make a spreadsheet of all the stuff “on the tray” at the beginning of the operation, and then at the end of the operation just go item by item and make sure all the stuff on the spreadsheet is on the tray after the operation?
Isn’t there SOME sort of PROCESS which could help the surgery team not leave their shit behind in people’s bodies?
To: SkyDancer
He probably dragged a woman behind him in a burka.
To: nickcarraway
My guess is that by “stomach” they actually mean abdominal cavity.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:29:51 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
To: Bob
“Ouch!”
Or, It only hurts when I laugh.
To: ConservativeDude
Isn’t there SOME sort of PROCESS ...
I'm sure there is a process, but maybe they could enhance the outcome by just waving a magnet over the patient's body.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:35:02 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: nickcarraway
This man should count his lucky stars he didn’t require an MRI during those 18 years since his surgery.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:38:10 AM PDT
by
wtd
To: antidemoncrat
“I didn’t know we had Obamacare back then.”
They probably charged him for the instrument.
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posted on
03/27/2017 9:55:31 AM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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