Medical Must-See: The pointy end of a coronation BBQ
Doctors eventually extracted a 9.7cm-long wooden skewer from the patient's neck.
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A barbecue to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation took a sharp and unexpected turn for one unlucky man in a unique case of penetrating foreign body neck injury, UK doctors report.
The patient, in his 60s, presented to ED at Northwick Park Hospital in London with a sore throat, neck pain, dysphagia and mild stridor.