Faisalabad doctors remove 'blade' from infant's stomach without surgery

FAISALABAD: Doctors have successfully removed a blade from an infant’s stomach without surgery in Samandri city of Faisalabad district, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The doctors pulled the blade out from the stomach of a four-month-old boy without performing any surgery by using an endoscope.

Doctors told the media that the son of a factory worker had swallowed a blade one month ago while the family remained unaware about the happening. The infant named Ahad Ali was taken to the Children Hospital after the family found him spitting blood.

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They added that the blade was removed during endoscopy by the doctors without surgery.

Earlier in April 2019, a hybrid angiography of a minor girl had been successfully conducted in Children Hospital Lahore.

The doctors had stitched the hole in heart of the five-year-old girl without performing surgery on it, through hybrid angiography.

Previously, a bypass operation of children was carried out to stitch their hearts, however, Dr Masood Sadiq and his team had completed the operation without performing surgery.