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[Dalek]

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Vietnamese doctors have removed a pair of scissors left lodged in a man's abdomen for 18 years, it's reported.

Specialist surgeons flew from Hanoi to assist at the operation in Thai Nguyen Province in the north of the country. The 54-year-old patient visited the hospital after being involved in a road accident last month, and an ultrasound test seemed to show a sharp instrument lying to the left of his stomach. A second check in a hospital in his nearby home province of Bac Kan removed any doubt - there was a 15cm (6-inch) pair of surgical scissors nestling next to his colon, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

Ma Van Nhat says they may have been left inside him during a 1998 operation at Bac Kan General Hospital following another road accident, Vietnam Express reports. He had noticed nothing since that time apart from some recent stomach pain, which did not respond to painkillers. The surgeons who carried out the three-hour procedure note the rusty handles of the scissors had become stuck to some nearby organs.

 

[RinsFury]

The surgeons who carried out the three-hour procedure note the rusty handles of the scissors had become stuck to some nearby organs.

That is absolutely horrifying. My entire body contracted reading that, ugh.

 

[RBH]

The surgeons who carried out the three-hour procedure note the rusty handles of the scissors had become stuck to some nearby organs.

 

[Frozenprince]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE

 

[DoomGyver]

 

[X-TREME GAFFER]

No

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Sounds like the man had some sharp pain

 

[George Washington]

Wow. It's interesting that he was able to cope with the scissors being in his body for all these years.

 

[CHC]

As a goof.

 

[MMarston]

Sounds like the man had some sharp pain

Only cutting edge technology was the solution

 

[ChrisD]

Sooo... He's still alive.
And not dying from scissors or rust.
That's amazing, hope he doesn't run into (too many/bad) further issues now that they've been removed.

 

[Net]

Sounds like their medical system has come a long way in 18 years.

 

[Dalek]

Only cutting edge technology was the solution

Come on, this is a mans life we're talking about. Cut it out.

 

[mechashiva]

Doctor: nurse hand me the rock.

 

[SolidChamp]

Doctors were impressed by the sheer size of it.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I don't know why but I thought this was related to Vietnam War.

 

[AnathemicOne]

I don't know why but I thought this was related to Vietnam War.

Same, but still fucking hell I can't imagine going through that.

 

[platakul]

Come on, this is a mans life we're talking about. Cut it out.

Any way you slice it, these are bad jokes

 

[Dalek]

Any way you slice it, these are bad jokes

No need to be snippy.

 

[100%TrophyMaster]

Any way you slice it, these are bad jokes

Come on it's not like they were listening to Ed Sheeran during the surgery

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Come on it's not like they were listening to Ed Sheeran during the surgery

Seems more like a Kid Cudi type to me

 

[out0v0rder]

eddie scissorhands gave him the finger long ago

 

[norinrad]

In two accidents. Has survived both and lived to tell. Amazing.

 

[Rentahamster]