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Rusty Scissors Pulled From Man's Stomach 18 Years After Surgery

A man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomach ache that was nearly two decades in the making.

Ma Van Nhat, 54-year old Vietnamese, underwent surgery in 1998 after a car accident and only recently discovered that doctors had left an unwelcome gift behind when they closed him up.

Doctors discovered the 15-centimetre (six-inch) scissors near his colon after a recent ultrasound.

It was not until recently that the scissors was discovered. After 18 years of living with the metal in his body, it was finally removed this weekend in a three-hour surgery carried out in Gang Thep Thai Nguyen hospital in Vietnam.

"He is recovering well," Thang told a reporter on Tuesday.

Nhat had spent nearly two decades "eating, drinking and having a pretty normal life", according to Suc Khoe va Doi Song news site, the official mouthpiece of Vietnam's health ministry.

The ultrasound that discovered the scissors only came about after Nhat reported stomach pains.

Officials said they were searching for the doctors who performed surgery in Bac Kan province in 1998, but have not yet tracked down any culprits.

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