On May 10, Da Nang Hospital said that doctors from the Ear, Nose and Throat Department in coordination with the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Surgery Department had just successfully performed an endoscopic emergency resuscitation for a 46-year-old male patient, from Hiep Duc commune, who had a hook stuck deep in his esophagus after eating fish.
According to the patient, in a meal using fish caught by an acquaintance sent from Quang Ngai, because they were not found to have hooks stuck in the fish, the foreign object followed the food into the throat and stuck deep in the esophagus.
When admitted to the hospital, the hook of the hook was still sticking out of the mouth. X-ray and CT scan results recorded a foreign object horizontally located in the esophagus segment D1-D2, a dangerous position because it is located near large blood vessels, which can be life-threatening if treated slowly.
On the same night, the Ear, Nose and Throat Department team coordinated with the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Surgery Department to perform emergency endoscopy for the patient. After about 45 minutes, the doctors removed and successfully removed the hook safely.
Currently, the patient's health is stable and is expected to be discharged from the hospital in the next few days.
BSCKII Ho Xuan Trung - Deputy Head of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Da Nang Hospital recommends that people should be especially careful when processing caught fish, sea fish, especially fish caught directly by fishermen.
According to doctors, people should carefully check the mouth cavity, gills and intestines of the fish to avoid missing hooks; do not be subjective with fish that still have intestines or are processed carelessly.
In addition, if symptoms such as sore throat, swallowing stuck, painful swallowing, salivation or suspicion of swallowing foreign objects appear after eating, people need to go to a medical facility immediately for timely treatment.
Doctors also recommend absolutely not to hook your throat, pull the foreign object, or try to swallow more food to "push the foreign object down", because it can cause the foreign object to pierce deeper, causing esophageal perforation or dangerous blood vessel damage.
