The man wash rushed to hospital after he “fell” on a metal bar an it got stuck up his bum, causing damage to his rectal wall and to the left ureter from the bladder wall to the renal pelvis
A man was rushed to hospital after a metal bar penetrated his bum and lower abdomen after he “accidentally fell on it”. The construction rebar went 30cm inside the patient’s back passage.
After the unfortunate incident, the 38-year-old was taken to hospital in excruciating pain. Scans showed the bar had caused severe bleeding in his anal canal, bladder, and abdominal cavity. It also caused damage to multiple pelvic organs and the retroperitoneal space.
During surgery, the medical team noticed the object was positioned dangerously close to the patient’s left lumbar rib region. He suffered a 3cm-long anterior rectal wall contusion and damage to the left ureter from the bladder wall to the renal pelvis.
According to the diagnosis, he also had a rupture near the renal pelvis and a tear in the wall of the left iliac artery that resulted in bleeding and a large retroperitoneal hematoma.
The operation was reportedly complex and lasted for many hours.
Following surgery, the patient was closely monitored in intensive care at the Cam Pha General Hospital in Cam Pha City in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam.
Several days after the operation, the patient’s condition was stable, the drainage tubes were removed, and organ function was recovering well.
He was allowed to return home 10 days after surgery.
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