Bhubaneswar, Nov. 2 -- In a challenging medical procedure, doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bhubaneswar, successfully removed a metallic nail lodged in the airway of a 10-year-old girl from Koraput, averting a potentially serious health complication.
The child had accidentally inhaled the metallic nail, which was part of a nail art instrument, two days before being brought to the hospital. Following a detailed medical examination and diagnostic scans, doctors discovered that the foreign object was lodged in her right bronchus, the airway passage connecting the windpipe to the right lung.
A specialised team comprising doctors from the Departments of ENT and Anaesthesiology performed the procedure using a rigid b...