An endoscopy specialist in Madhya Pradesh has successfully removed a four cm-long pin from a nine-year-old girl’s stomach without surgery. The young patient had accidentally swallowed the pin a few days earlier and started experiencing severe stomach pain. Her family initially attempted various home remedies, including giving her bananas and medications to help pass the pin. After failing their efforts, they consulted several doctors to remove the pin without surgery. However, all the doctors they visited recommended surgery to remove the pin.
The patient’s family finally consulted an endoscopy specialist who agreed to remove the pin without surgery. They also showed him four of five X-rays of the patient, which visualized the lodged pin. The doctor decided to perform an endoscopy procedure under anesthesia to extract the pin lodged in the pylorus carefully. Only the top part of the pin…
