On January 29th, the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi ( Quang Binh province ) confirmed that it had successfully removed a foreign object – a dental needle – from the digestive tract of a 5-year-old child using an endoscopic procedure under anesthesia.
According to the child's family, the child, HTT (residing in Phu Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province), accidentally swallowed a needle (dental instrument) while undergoing dental treatment at a local medical facility. After swallowing the foreign object, the child was taken to the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi for emergency treatment.
Upon receiving the child, the doctors and nurses immediately gathered the patient's medical history and the time the foreign object was swallowed, and ordered all necessary tests and clinical examinations.
A 2.5cm foreign object was found in the digestive tract of the child. (Photo: Provided by the hospital)
On the X-ray, doctors discovered a sharp metal foreign object in the abdominal cavity, concluding that if left untreated, the needle posed a high risk of puncturing or injuring any digestive organs along its path.
Therefore, the team decided to administer anesthesia for the esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The team, comprising physicians from various specialties including Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, Functional Examination - Endoscopy, and Anesthesia - Resuscitation, collaborated to perform the endoscopy.
During the endoscopic procedure, the metallic foreign object, a sharp-tipped dental needle approximately 2.5 cm in size, was safely removed by the doctors using specialized instruments. No bleeding was observed. After the removal of the foreign object, the child's health condition stabilized.
According to doctors, there have recently been many cases of children swallowing foreign objects and needing to be hospitalized. Foreign objects in young children are very dangerous and can be life-threatening if not detected and the child is not taken to a medical facility in time.
Doctors recommend that children who swallow foreign objects should be taken to the hospital for monitoring. To prevent accidents caused by children swallowing foreign objects into the airways or digestive tract, families should keep small objects, toys, and sharp objects out of children's reach.
Nguyen Linh
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