Doctors at Hoan My ITO Dong Nai Hospital have just successfully saved a patient with intestinal perforation and abdominal infection caused by a bamboo toothpick.

Previously, patient NTL (38 years old, living in Vinh Cuu, Dong Nai) was taken to the emergency room by his family in a state of severe pain around the navel.

The patient's family said that Mr. L had a habit of drinking water while holding a toothpick in his mouth, so it is possible that the toothpick was swallowed.

After doing tests, the doctors diagnosed Mr. L with peritonitis and intestinal perforation caused by a bamboo toothpick.

Doctors performed laparoscopic surgery to remove a bamboo toothpick more than 3cm long from the patient's abdomen, sutured the hole, and cleaned the abdominal drainage.