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Man nearly chokes to death on dentures after accidentally swallowing them during meal
By Alexandria Hein
Published October 31, 2019
A 75-year-old man nearly choked to death after he accidentally swallowed his dentures, reports say. The man, identified as Zhu Benbiao, of eastern China, was reportedly having issues eating and breathing when his family rushed him to First Hospital of Fozhou, AsiaWire reported.
His family didn't realize something was wrong until he began having trouble breathing. (AsiaWire)
X-rays showed one of his two dentures had gotten stuck in the bottom of his throat, which required a four-hour emergency surgery to remove.
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“One end was in his esophagus, and the other in his windpipe, sticking out of his glottis,” Dr. Chen Zeyu, the hospital’s chief gastroenterologist, told AsiaWire. “We cut open his windpipe, kept him breathing with the help of a tube, and then removed the dentures by pulling them from his glottis. It was hard, but we managed to get it out in the end.”
The dentures had to be removed in an four-hour surgery. (AsiaWire)
Family members estimated that the dentures had been lodged in this throat for eight hours before the operation. They reportedly believe he had swallowed them while eating but didn’t signal any trouble until they noticed he was having issues breathing.
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Benbiao is said to still be recovering at the hospital, according to AsiaWire.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-nearly-chokes-death-dentures