9-cm-long lighter removed from man's stomach after 20 years
Doctors in China have removed a 9-cm-long cigarette lighter lodged in a man's abdomen, who complained of prolonged stomach pain and blood in his stool. Following an endoscopy, the patient in his 40s recalled that he might have accidentally swallowed a lighter 20 years back. Doctors successfully guided the object out from his oesophagus using forceps in a 10-minute surgery.