Man survives with knife in head for 4 yrs

Man survives with knife in head for 4 yrs

A 37-year-old man is recovering at the People's Hospital of Yuxi, Yunnan Province in China, after a surgery last Saturday to remove a blade that had been stuck in his head for four years.

The strange discoveryshocked doctors of Yuanjiang County Hospital, as well as patient Li Fu's family members, after an X-ray examination on January 24.

Li had apparently gone to the hospital for examination after being puzzled by his continous bad breath and splitting headaches.

"A miracle of miracles: A knife pierced his skull and stayed in the nerve and vascular intensive area," said neurosurgeon Luo Zhiwei of the People's Hospital.

Doctors carried out a four-hour-long operation to remove the 10-cm long, 1.8-cm wide and 0.24-cm thick bladeThe blade entered through his right lower jaw, went past his tongue, nasopharynx and muscles with the tip almost touching his brain.

Doctors carried out a four-hour operation from 8.30am to take out the 10-cm long, 1.8-cm wide and 0.24-cm thick blade.

And the cause? Li Fu'syounger brother remembered a robbery case four years ago, when Li was stabbed in his right lower jaw.

At the local hospital, doctorssutured his wound and injected anti-inflammatory needles. Police later caught the robber but found only a shank
without a blade.

"The wound healed well, so he did not accept further examinations. We never thought the blade was left in his head."
Source: globaltimes.com

Published Feb 18 2011