India, Sept. 10 -- Berhampur: Doctors at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur successfully removed a 23-centimetre teeth-cleaning twig (dantakathi) lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old man. The surgery was conducted under the leadership of Dr. Sanjit Kumar Mishra, Head of the ENT Department.
The patient, identified as Kamaraju Nayak from Natanga village in Belaguntha block of Ganjam district, had accidentally swallowed the twig last Wednesday while brushing his teeth. Initially, his family members did not believe him. However, when he began facing difficulty in eating and performing daily activities, they took him to Bhanjanagar hospital.
For nearly a week, Nayak survived only on liquid food as he could not swallow sol...