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Ballpoint pen and broken plastic in the scanned image – Photograph: Furnished by the hospital
A 12-year-old student in Hanoi came to the emergency room with an injury to the scrotum (near the episiotomy) due to a pen puncture that caused swelling, redness in the injured area.
According to the children’s family, what happened in the classroom, when the student got up to speak, a tablemate placed the pen under the chair. The student sat down and was inserted directly into the scrotum area with a pen, near the perineal layer.
At the National Pediatric Hospital, the doctors who clinically and subclinically examined the male students discovered that there was a foreign object that was the tip of the pen located in the scrotum area, for which they indicated emergency surgery to remove the body strange.
Dr. Vu Xuan Hoan – department of urology – said that after surgery, the foreign object was the tip of the pen and the plastic part of the pen broke, fortunately the patient did not have any damage to the urethra. Right.
“This case is fortunate because the tip of the pen does not penetrate deeply, so the child will only suffer mild local damage. If the foreign body pierces deeper, it can cause damage to the urethra or perforate the rectum. Then the consequences will be Ser Very seriously, even affecting the quality of life of the child in the future “- said Dr. Hoan.
Doctors said that every year, the National Pediatric Hospital receives many school accidents. These accidents are mainly caused by accidental and unexpected events, but there are also accidents caused by the joy of children and serious consequences.
Parents and teachers need to equip children with knowledge and skills while warning of potential dangers so that they can protect themselves and those around them.
