An 8-month-old girl presented with coughing and fussiness; doctors found a foreign object lodged in her esophagus and removed an earring via endoscopy.
Mr. Son, 68, suffered from persistent dull abdominal pain, initially thought to be gastritis, until doctors discovered a nearly 4 cm fish bone that had pierced his stomach wall and lodged in his liver parenchyma.
A 25-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with two chopsticks, 7-10 cm long, deeply impaled in both eyes after an accident, prompting doctors to perform critical surgery to save his life and vision.
After carelessly monitoring at home following a sex toy becoming lodged in his rectum, a man suffered a severe perforated bowel, requiring surgery to create a temporary colostomy.
An 11-year-old girl with unexplained prolonged vaginitis was found to have a foreign object by doctors at the Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, who safely removed it.
A 5-year-old boy recently underwent successful surgery at National Children's Hospital after doctors discovered multiple magnetic foreign objects in his abdomen, which caused intestinal perforation.
Doctors in Liaoning province successfully removed a 12 cm metal chopstick from a man's soft palate, where it had been lodged for 8 years after he accidentally swallowed it while eating.
Doctors at Ha Dong General Hospital successfully removed three lighters from the stomach of a 32-year-old man using endoscopy, helping him avoid open surgery.
Doctors at Ha Dong Hospital successfully removed an 18 cm long, 6 cm diameter pestle from the rectum of a 15-year-old male student, helping the patient avoid open abdominal surgery.