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Surgeons Find Toothpick In Colon Of Woman With Severe Stomach Ache In Melbourne Australia
January 3, 2018 – Australian Doctors Find Toothpick In Colon Of Woman With Severe Abdominal Pain In Hospital In Melbourne Australia
Doctors in Melbourne Australia have finally found a solution to a woman’s age long problem.
A 70-year-old woman who had been visiting the hospital in the past one month to get treatment for severe abdominal pain found comfort today after some surgeons located a toothpick in an inflamed area of her colon.
According to a report published by the British Medical Journal today, the surgeons believed the impact of the toothpick had pierced the woman’s colon and exacerbated her symptoms.
Toothpick ingestion is a common cause of acute abdominal pain.
38% of patients had died in the past even after successful removal of the toothpick.
