A toothbrush swallowed by a child successfully extracted by the Saudi medical team in 20 minutes
Riyadh: A medical team at Saudi‘s Makkah’s Maternity and Children Hospital succeeded in extracting an electric toothbrush tip from the stomach of a 9-year-old child, endoscopically, without surgical intervention. Makkah’s Health Cluster said that the child was transferred to the hospital’s emergency room after having swallowed the head of an electric toothbrush. After preliminary examinations […]
