telegraph.co.uk Wrote:Doctors in China removed a chopstick from the brain of a 14-month-old boy after it accidentally went up his nose.
Li Jingchao, from Shandong province in eastern China, is undergoing treatment at Bo Ai Hospital in Beijing for an infection caused by the life-threatening impalement, said Chen Yawei, a hospital spokesman.
Jingchao was playing with chopsticks while his mother was in the kitchen washing dishes when he fell on the chopstick, Mr Chen said.
Because local hospitals did not have the technology to safely remove the chopstick, the little boy's parents travelled 10 hours north by car to Beijing on Dec 26 immediately after the accident, Mr Chen said.
The boy arrived with a high fever and an irregular heartbeat, according to a report released by the hospital.
Neurosurgeons were concerned the removal of the chopstick, which was lodged 4 millimetres into Jingchao's brain, would cause internal haemorrhaging once removed - possibly causing paralysis or even death, Mr Chen said.
"Luckily, the removal resulted in little bleeding and he suffered only an infection," Mr Chen said.
Mr Chen said the toddler's neurosurgeon was perfect for the job, since he had extensive experience with surgeries involving chopsticks lodged in eyes, foreheads and necks.
Jingchao is expected to be released from hospital in about a week, Mr Chen said.
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