On the morning of June 27, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City announced that it had just performed surgery to save a 4-year-old girl who swallowed cotton, causing a 40cm intestinal obstruction.
Two days before being admitted to the hospital, the baby showed signs of loss of appetite, no bowel movements, and vomiting, so the family thought it was indigestion and acute abdominal pain. Doctors discovered a foreign object filled the small intestine, causing intestinal obstruction, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine was very dilated, with fluid accumulating...
Stuffed girl comes out from baby girl's belly
After 1 hour and 30 minutes of emergency surgery, doctors removed dozens of cotton rolls that were crowded and congested in the small intestine.
According to the family, when the child went to kindergarten, they sent a small teddy bear for him to hug while taking a nap in class. When the child went to the emergency room, the family checked and found that the teddy bear had a tear and half of the stuffing was missing.
According to Dr. Nguyen Do Trong, Department of Pediatric Surgery - Cardiovascular Surgery, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, this case is very rare because the child took the cotton from the teddy bear to eat.
If surgery is not performed promptly, the child is at risk of water-electrolyte disorders, intestinal perforation, peritonitis, septic shock - poisoning leading to death.
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