A 31-year-old man from India was taken to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi because of strong belly pain. He had put a live eel, about 66 cm long, into his rectum, looking for more intense feelings. The eel moved into his large intestine and started biting the wall.
Doctors first tried to remove the eel using a tool through the anus, but they found a second problem: a lemon was also stuck inside. Because of these issues, the doctors had to do urgent surgery to stop the intestine from breaking badly.
During the surgery, the eel was taken out alive through a cut in the belly. Later, the lemon was carefully removed through the anus without damage. The surgeons fixed the hole in the colon and cleaned the infected area inside the belly.
After surgery, the man was given a stoma bag, which he was told would stay with him permanently. Doctors said that without fast surgery, the man probably would have died.