Bhubaneswar, Nov. 3 -- year-old girl from Koraput, Odisha, demonstrating the hospital's advanced treatment capabilities.
The child had accidentally inhaled the nail, which was part of a nail art instrument, two days before she was brought to the hospital. Medical examinations and scans revealed that the nail was stuck in the right bronchus, the passage that carries air from the windpipe into the right lung.
A team of specialists from the departments of ENT and Anaesthesiology carried out the procedure using a specialised instrument called a rigid bronchoscope. It is a thin, tube-like device that doctors use to look inside the airways and remove objects that have accidentally entered them.
The procedure was performed under general anaesth...