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 Toothbrush cut from stomach after two decades
    January 18 2005 at 05:07PM Get IOL on your
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Riyadh - A Saudi Arabian medical team removed Tuesday a toothbrush that had been in a man's stomach for 22 years, a medical official at the King Abdel Aziz Hospital in Taef west of the Saudi kingdom said.

The 70-year-old unidentified man, had swallowed the toothbrush 22 years ago without realising it, as he had not experienced any pain until a few days.

A hospital official Abdel Rahman al-Zahrani said the surgery to remove the toothbrush was successful. - Sapa-dpa
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