A man in Vietnam is recovering after doctors discovered and removed a pair of scissors that had been lodged in his abdominal cavity for nearly two decades.
After Ma Van Nhat reported experiencing stomach pains late last year, an ultrasound revealed a pair of scissors stuck in the 54-year-old man’s abdomen. The tool had been left behind following a surgery he underwent in 1998 following a car accident.
The surgery to remove the six-inch long scissors took about three hours.
Vietnam doctors pull 6-inch scissors from man’s stomach 18 years after surgery https://t.co/L0AkBJlUsB #weird #world #healthcare pic.twitter.com/Kp6wYBf7Tf
— Douglas Ernst (@douglasernst) January 4, 2017
Nhat had no idea the scissors had been left behind, and said he had a “pretty normal life” since his car accident in 1998.
Officials are currently searching for the doctors who left the scissors behind.
Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.
