BEIJING, Feb.18 (Xinhuanet) -- A 37-year-old man is recovering at the People's Hospital of Yuxi, Yunnan Province after a surgery last Saturday to remove a blade that had spent four years in his head.
The strange discovery astonished doctors of Yuanjiang County Hospital, as well as patient Li Fu's family, after an X-ray examination on January 24, when Li, puzzled by his bad breath and headaches, went there for examination. Li then turned to the People's Hospital for further diagnosis.
"A miracle of miracles: A knife pierced his skull and stayed in the nerve and vascular intensive area," said neurosurgeon Luo Zhiwei of the People's Hospital. The blade entered through his right lower jaw, went past his tongue, nasopharynx and muscles and came to a rest with the tip almost touching his brain.
Doctors carried out a four-hour operation from 8:30 am to take out the 10-centimeter-long, 1.8-centimeter-wide and 0.24-centimeter-thick blade.
And the cause? Li Fu's little brother remembered a robbery case four years ago, when Li was stabbed in his right lower jaw. At the local hospital, doctors debriefed him, sutured his wound and injected anti-inflammatory needles. Police later caught the robber but found only a shank without a blade.
"The wound healed well, so he did not accept further examinations. We never thought the blade was left in his head."
(Source: Global Times)
