Doctors in Lithuania find more than a two pounds of nails and screws in stomach of man

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The man who was not identified was admitted to hospital in port city of Klaipeda
An X-ray of his stomach showed pieces of metal, some up to four inches long
Doctors were able to remove the nails and screws during a three-hour surgery
The patient was in a stable condition following the operation, doctors added

Published: 10:59 EDT, 2 October 2021 | Updated: 18:17 EDT, 2 October 2021

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Doctors in Lithuania have removed more than two pounds of nails and screws from a man who started swallowing metallic objects after giving up alcohol.

The man, who was not identified for reasons of patient confidentiality, was admitted to hospital in the Baltic port city of Klaipeda with severe abdominal pain.

An X-ray of his stomach showed up pieces of metal - some measuring up to four inches (10 centimetres), doctors said.

The hospital provided local media with a photograph of a surgical tray heaped with nails and screws

'During the three-hour operation with X-ray control, all foreign bodies, even the smallest ones, in the patient's stomach were removed,' said surgeon Sarunas Dailidenas.

The hospital provided local media with a photograph of a surgical tray heaped with nails and screws.

'We've never seen anything like it,' Algirdas Slepavicius, head surgeon at Klaipeda Hospital told local media.

The doctor said that the man had begun swallowing the metal objects over the last month after he had stopped drinking.

The patient was in a stable condition following the operation, he added.

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