A man from southern China had to be rushed to a hospital after having a tumbler glass stuck in his rear, according to reports.
The container, measuring seven centimetre (2.8 inches) in diameter, had been trapped inside the body of the 33-year-old patient, known by an alias Xiao Zhang, for two days.
Doctor performed an abdominal operation on Xiao Zhang in order to remove the glassware, which had broken while being lodged inside the man’s rectum.
An X-ray showed an inverted tumbler glass being stuck in the middle section of the rectum
Doctors in China had to perform a surgical operation to remove the glass cup from Xiao Zhang
According to Kan Kan News, Xiao Zhang arrived at the emergency department of Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou at 2am on August 31.
Xiao Zhang told the doctors that he was unable to retrieve the glass.
‘It has been stuck in there for two days and it is not coming out. It (the anus) is swelling so much and causing me pain,’ said Xiao Zhang.
An X-ray showed a tumbler glass being stuck in Xiao Zhang’s rectum. It measured eight centimetres (3.15 inch) tall and seven centimetres wide (2.8 inches).
Dr Cai Yonghua, a specialist in colorectal and anal surgery, told the reporter that the tumbler glass was located in the upper to middle section of the rectum.
The glass was stuck about seven centimetres (2.8 inches) into the rectum.
‘After injecting spinal anaesthesia to Xiao Zhang, we can directly touch the glass but it’s too slippery to take it out,’ added Dr Cai.
The tumbler glass measured a 2.8 inches diameter and 3 inches height
Dr Cai and his team decided to perform an operation on Xiao Zhang’s abdomen to remove the tumbler glass from the intestines.
The glass was also found to have broken on the edge.
Dr Ren Hongliang, the assistant surgeon, said the patient could have died of uremia, peritonitis or intestinal obstruction.
The patient, said to be married and have children, refused to tell the doctors how the tumbler glass ended up in his rear.
However, Dr Cai suggested that ‘a very few number of cases were caused by intentional harm by others, most of them insert objects into the buttocks voluntarily’.
Xiao Zhang is recovering now.