Woman Swallows Spoon While Laughing

The 26-year-old Sydney woman accidentally swallowed a teaspoon during a laughing fit while eating spaghetti.

She is understood to have gagged reflexively, but by then it was too late.

Doctors were astonished by what they saw when she arrived at Canterbury Hospital.

An X-ray and camera gastroscope revealed the 15cm implement stuck in her throat at the top of her stomach.

Numerous doctors examined the images and offered advice on how to remove the spoon - with most recommending surgery.

But Dr Bernard Beldholm, an advanced trainee in general surgery, and Dr Alice Lee, a gastroenterologist, wanted to spare her the trauma of an invasive operation.

They eventually managed to remove it manually - albeit "with great difficulty''.

The woman, who can't be named because of patient confidentiality, was placed under general anaesthetic.

In a delicate procedure which took 90 minutes, they eased it out of her throat and mouth.

Dr Beldholm and Dr Lee tried several different tactics before successfully using snares to lasso either end of the spoon and pull it upright so it lined up with her esophagus.

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[danaemarie483]

.....how on earth do you eat spaghetti with a spoon anyway?

[purplesardine]

I FUCKING HATE FOX NEWS

[HeyItsDanae]

@RisingAtheists thank you! i've always known 'spaghetti' as stringy ahahaha everything else as a different name xD

[BFHKevin]

@danaemarie483 Not a spoon, BUT WITH A TEASPOON. :D

[RisingAtheists]

@seanw23 because in italian (i am italian) spaghetti refers ONLY to the string-like pasta (spaghetti means "small spago" and spago means string, so "smal strings"). Penne on the other hand are the thick-short empty ones (penna =feather, feathers are empty inside...) SO, everyone listen: Pasta is the food, spaghetti is the string pasta, penne is the other pasta. Then of course there are many other varieties.. farfalle, bigoli, vermicelli, LASAGNE, tagliatelle etc. i don't use a spoon btw.

[butterfly153239]

how in the hell can you swallow a spoon while laughing???

[WilliamBroichYAY]

@danaemarie483 its simple you stick your fork in the spaghetti and you twirl it in the spoon.

[MrNathan1101]

I belive the word is fail

[jhubeJELLO]

wow that guy is a bit of a douche

[Russak86]

omfg.....i hate to say ask this

are all US citizen so dumb as you are?????

Spaghetti is Spaghetti

penne is penne!

and we in europe eat spaghettie often with a fork and a spoon!

sorry for my english, its not my native language!

[seanw23]

yeh. >_>

lotta.... different types of spaghetti in the world today, buddy. not just noodle spaghetti anymore...

[danaemarie483]

haha. good point. i didn't think about that =D