Doctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man’s stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said Wednesday.
“The patient came in with severe abdominal pains. After examinations we discovered that he had hundreds of nails in his stomach,” said Carlos Delgado, a surgeon at the hospital in the town of Cajamarca.
Requelme Abanto Alvarado was admitted to the hospital on Friday. After a two-hour operation doctors removed 900 grams (two pounds) of nails, coins and scrap metal from his stomach, as well as a small knife.
“I have never had a case like this,” the surgeon said. “I have operated on plenty of patients, but so many things in a stomach, it’s really extraordinary.”
Alvarado was in a stable condition following the operation, Delgado said, adding that he was now being examined by mental health specialists.