Kolkata doctors successfully remove needle from 50-year-old man's nasal cavity near brain
A senior doctor of the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) said that they the conducted craniotomy, a process generally used to remove a brain tumour or abnormal brain tissue, on the man recently.;
Kolkata: Doctors at a private neurological hospital in Kolkata have saved a 50-year-old man who had a needle placed inside his nasal cavity near the brain, performing a surgery by opening a part of the skull.
A senior doctor of the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) said that they the conducted craniotomy, a process generally used to remove a brain tumour or abnormal brain tissue, on the man recently.
"The man came to us with one day's history of bleeding from the nose following which he was admitted. When he came to us he was drunk and we had no clue if he had an injury or somebody had hit him.
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So we decided to conduct a CT scan of his skull which showed that a needle extended from his nose till his brain," the doctor said. Despite having the metal object inside the nasal cavity, the man was otherwise clinically ok and fully conscious. "He was talking normally, moving upper and lower limbs as usual and able to walk, eat and drink like a normal person.
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