Doctors in the Moscow region successfully removed a soda can lid…
Doctors in the Moscow region successfully removed a soda can lid from a man's esophagus at Krasnogorsk Hospital.
Consensus
- A man in Moscow region swallowed a metal bottle cap from a carbonated drink
- The cap became lodged in his esophagus
- Doctors successfully removed the foreign object using endoscopic forceps
- The procedure took only a few minutes and was performed by skilled medical staff
- The patient was discharged for outpatient treatment
Points of divergence
- The cap could have caused internal bleeding, inflammation or suffocation if not removed — vm
- No mention of potential complications from the foreign body — vesti
Coverage (3 sources)
- Suburb doctors retrieve soda can lid from man's esophagus — Вечерняя Москва
- Doctors in Moscow Region Save Man Who Swallowed a Bottle Cap — Вести
- In the Moscow region, doctors extracted a soda bottle cap from a man's esophagus — Москва 24