Doctors have successfully removed a large glass jar from a man’s intestine after surgery that left him in tears and carries an extremely high risk of death.
The man, who inserted the pint-sized glass into his anus during a bizarre sexual escapade, could have bled to death or suffered fatal organ damage if the glass had broken inside him.
However, doctors were able to remove the glass completely, without allowing any glass to break into sharp shards.
Speaking about the case, representatives of the hospital that treated the patient, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, said that doctors should not judge patients for their unconventional sexual inclinations.
“Let’s remember that doctors are not the moral police,” said hospital spokesman Alexey Nikonov.
X-ray images from the hospital show that the glass vial was high up in the man’s anus and up his rectum.
X-ray images show the glass vial that was removed by doctors along with a condom and lubricant.
The case, reported in the sunfeatured X-ray images that showed the glass vial was high inside the man’s rear passage, slowly moving toward the upper part of the intestine.
Doctors managed to recover the glass vial, as well as a condom and lubricant, from the rectum.
Nikonov added that even though Russia has strict anti-LGBT laws, locals should not hesitate to seek medical help if they find themselves in a similar situation.
In the UK, taxpayers shell out around £500,000 a year to help the NHS treat victims of sexual mishaps, MailOnline previously revealed.
Official data shows that hundreds of patients needed medical assistance to remove objects lodged in their butts.
Dozens of men needed to have their penises cut off after being restrained in various ways.
A total of 514 procedures for ‘manual removal of foreign bodies from the rectum’ between April 2021 and March 2022, according to the latest NHS figures analyzed by MailOnline.
Of these 483 procedures listed manual extraction as the primary procedure, while other episodes represented other secondary procedures related to the incident.
The objects to be extracted were not specified.
The average anal extraction costs almost £850 per object, according to a report published in 2021.
The study found that the incidence of objects that need to be removed from the rectum is increasing and cases are increasing particularly in men. There were 514 procedures to remove items from the rectum between April 2021 and March 2022, according to NHS data.
This means removing stuck objects could cost the NHS more than £436,000 between April 2021 and March 2022.
The estimated price of £850 to remove the items includes the anesthetic drugs used in the procedure, the time health staff spent treating the patient and the cost of the hospital stay.
Experts warn that inserting objects into that area of the body carries a series of risks beyond an embarrassing trip to the hospital.
Lost items potentially puncture the intestine, which can be fatal as material from the digestive tract can spill into other parts of the body and cause infection.
Using a sex toy with a flared base is safer, according to the NHS because it helps prevent it from getting lost inside.