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A 31-year-old Indian national was admitted to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi on July 27 with severe abdominal pain. Doctors discovered that the patient had inserted a live eel into his anus earlier that day, and the fish had attempted to escape by biting through his rectum and colon, entering the abdominal cavity.
Le Nhat Huy, vice director of the Department of Colorectal and Perineal Surgery, said, “The eel had bitten through the patient’s rectum and colon to escape into the abdominal cavity.”
Imaging tests, including an X-ray, revealed the eel’s skeleton inside the patient’s abdominal cavity.Doctors initially tried to remove the object through the man’s anus but found a large lime blocking the way, which he had also inserted. As a result, they decided to perform emergency surgery.
During the surgery, doctors found a live eel measuring over 25 inches long and approximately 4 inches in diameter. They removed both the eel and the lime, checked for any additional foreign objects, and stitched the patient up. A colostomy was also performed to prevent faecal matter from passing through the cut made by the eel’s bite.
According to the hospital, they have dealt with patients, usually young men, who have inserted objects into their anuses for sexual pleasure. While they have previously removed bottles, cups, and adult toys, this was the first case involving a live animal.
Huy cautioned, “Eels can survive in anaerobic conditions for a long time and have the ability to bite through the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, people should never insert live animals through the anus to seek intense sensations due to the unforeseeable consequences.”
This incident was not the first of its kind in Vietnam this year. In March, a 43-year-old man had a 12-inch eel removed from his anus at the Hai Ha District Medical Center in Quang Ninh Province.
Le Nhat Huy, vice director of the Department of Colorectal and Perineal Surgery, said, “The eel had bitten through the patient’s rectum and colon to escape into the abdominal cavity.”
Imaging tests, including an X-ray, revealed the eel’s skeleton inside the patient’s abdominal cavity.Doctors initially tried to remove the object through the man’s anus but found a large lime blocking the way, which he had also inserted. As a result, they decided to perform emergency surgery.
During the surgery, doctors found a live eel measuring over 25 inches long and approximately 4 inches in diameter. They removed both the eel and the lime, checked for any additional foreign objects, and stitched the patient up. A colostomy was also performed to prevent faecal matter from passing through the cut made by the eel’s bite.
According to the hospital, they have dealt with patients, usually young men, who have inserted objects into their anuses for sexual pleasure. While they have previously removed bottles, cups, and adult toys, this was the first case involving a live animal.
Huy cautioned, “Eels can survive in anaerobic conditions for a long time and have the ability to bite through the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, people should never insert live animals through the anus to seek intense sensations due to the unforeseeable consequences.”
This incident was not the first of its kind in Vietnam this year. In March, a 43-year-old man had a 12-inch eel removed from his anus at the Hai Ha District Medical Center in Quang Ninh Province.
