Nagpur: In a first-of-its-kind case dealt by doctors at Super Speciality Hospital (SSH), an open safety pin swallowed by a 2-year-old was removed successfully. The infant, Anushka Gagwal, a resident of Mandla tehsil in Madhya Pradesh, had swallowed the safety pin on Saturday (November 17) by unhooking it from her sweater.Her father Mahesh Gagwal is a labourer, while mother Lata is a homemaker.After the incident, the baby was first taken to Jabalpur medical college. Doctors there advised the parents to take the child to Nagpur Government Medical College’s paediatric surgery department. As the doctors needed to perform endoscopy to retrieve the pin, the infant was transferred to gastroenterology department of the Super Speciality Hospital.On November 20, Dr Sudhir Gupta and his team, using double balloon enteroscope, a type of endoscope, successfully removed the pin. “Double balloon enteroscope was sent to the foodpipe where the pin was stuck. With the help of an overtube, we avoided any potential harm to the foodpipe and pushed the pin to the oesophagus and removed it safely,” said Dr Gupta, adding the case was risky since there were high chances of perforation (hole made by piercing) and bleeding.Dr Amol Samarth, Dr Nitin Gaikwad, Dr Harit Kothari, Dr Ravi Daswani, Dr Vinit Gupta, Dr Sahil Parmar and Dr Sonal Gattewar assisted Dr Gupta in conducting the operation.

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