Chicken bone removed from boy’s food pipe
13/01/2020 , Staff Reporter, HYDERABAD
The two-cm chicken bone that was removed from a 10-year-old’s food pipe.
A 2-cm chicken bone stuck in the food pipe of a 10-year-old boy was removed by doctors at a corporate hospital here in Telangana.
The boy, who hails from Lingampally, was brought to the hospital a fortnight ago with high temperature, two days after he accidentally swallowed the bone.
A hole had got formed at the site where the bone was stuck. A team of doctors led by Raghuram Kondala, consultant medical gastroenterologist at Continental Hospitals, first removed the bone from the esophagus and did endoscopic clipping to seal the hole.
The boy has been discharged.
Any foreign body in the airway may lead to choking and result in death if not removed in time, say doctors. “Such cases must be attended to immediately as delay could increase the risks like food pipe perforation, leading to infection, long-term complications, and in some cases, death. It is important that utmost care is taken while removing the object and stenting to ensure restoration of functionality of the food pipe,” Dr. Kondala said.
13/01/2020 , Staff Reporter, HYDERABAD
The two-cm chicken bone that was removed from a 10-year-old’s food pipe.
A 2-cm chicken bone stuck in the food pipe of a 10-year-old boy was removed by doctors at a corporate hospital here in Telangana.
The boy, who hails from Lingampally, was brought to the hospital a fortnight ago with high temperature, two days after he accidentally swallowed the bone.
A hole had got formed at the site where the bone was stuck. A team of doctors led by Raghuram Kondala, consultant medical gastroenterologist at Continental Hospitals, first removed the bone from the esophagus and did endoscopic clipping to seal the hole.
The boy has been discharged.
Any foreign body in the airway may lead to choking and result in death if not removed in time, say doctors. “Such cases must be attended to immediately as delay could increase the risks like food pipe perforation, leading to infection, long-term complications, and in some cases, death. It is important that utmost care is taken while removing the object and stenting to ensure restoration of functionality of the food pipe,” Dr. Kondala said.
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