Summary:
A team of doctors in Civil Hospital here has successfully operated on a 28-year-old man who was admitted in a serious condition after being stabbed by his rivals near the neck, with the knife stuck inside the neck. The doctors decided to immediately carry out the critical surgery and the patient was operated. Doctors said a parallel incision was made so that the knife could be taken out of the neck, while simultaneously stitching the incision caused by the knife. After the surgery, the patient was kept in observation to ensure that there is no complication or allergic reaction. Civil Hospital’s Superintendent MM Prabhakar said the surgery was critical as the knife got stuck inside the neck and during the process of taking it out, it could have caused considerable damage to the patient..