In a shocking incident case, a 67-year-old man accidentally swallowed his denture while eating food. The man was struggling with extreme pain in his throat and chest.
When the doctors examined him, they found that the denture was stuck in the patient’s stomach, with injuries and bleeding in his food pipe and stomach area.
The team of doctors led by Dr Shubham Vatsya, Director – Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj assessed the case and removed the denture through multiple endoscopy procedures, where the denture was pushed inside the stomach and retrieved outside the body with the help of Roth net, a device used to remove foreign objects from the body.
According to a statement by the hospital, this entire procedure took 15 minutes, and the patient was discharged the same day in stable condition.
“The denture was 15 cm in circumference and due to its size, it was difficult to remove it. However, the procedure was conducted under intravenous sedation, and we removed the denture via multiple gastrointestinal Endoscopy (a procedure to diagnose and treat problems in the upper gastrointestinal tract), wherein the denture was pushed inside the stomach and retrieved outside the body with the help of Roth net (a device used to remove foreign objects from the body). The patient was discharged the very same day and is currently doing well,” Dr Shubham Vatsya said in a statement.
Dr. Vatsya also revealed that if the denture had been not removed on time, it could have led to multiple life-threatening situations – such as stomach or intestinal perforation which could have been fatal.