Doctors At BHU Remove 25 Paise Coin Stuck In Man's Windpipe For 8 Years

In a rare surgery doctors at Sri Sundarlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) removed a 25 paise coin that was stuck in the trachea (windpipe) of a 40-year-old man for the last eight years.

A team of doctors at Sri Sundarlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Tuesday performed a rare surgery to remove a 25 paise coin that was stuck in the trachea (windpipe) of a 40-year-old man for the last eight years.

The procedure, which lasted for 20 minutes, was led by cardio-thoracic surgeon Prof Siddharth Lakhotia and Prof SK Mathur.

According to Prof Lakhotia, it is very unusual for objects to enter the trachea of adults due to the presence of a strong cough reflex. Such cases are more common in children.

"A case where a foreign body has been lodged in the trachea for the past 8 years is very rarely reported, especially in adults. Such foreign bodies are life-threatening and patients may suffocate, develop pneumonia, and damage the lungs. Patients can also die due to difficulty breathing or other complications," he said.

"The entire procedure took 20 minutes and the patient is now fine and will be discharged from the hospital within a day of the procedure," he added.

Dr Amrita Rath of the Department of Anesthesiology, who played a key role in removing the coin, said, "Such procedures require a very high level of precision and even the slightest error can pose a threat to life. In this case, an advanced rigid bronchoscope was used to remove the coin that had been in the windpipe for 8 years."

Dr Ratnesh Kumar, a cardiothoracic surgeon in the team, said, "This facility of removing objects from the trachea of adults is available only in the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, among government hospitals in eastern Uttar Pradesh."

"In the case of adults, if a person sleeps with anything in their mouth or is in a semi-conscious state under the influence of alcohol and drugs, then the chances of foreign bodies entering the windpipe increase," Dr Kumar added.

The support staff of Trivendra Tyagi, Anand Kumar, Om Prakash, Baijnath Pal, Vikas, and Sanjay also played an important role in the entire process of the surgery.

Recently, the BHU doctors also successfully removed the key of an almirah from the trachea of a patient which was stuck in his windpipe for 10 years.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)