Medical Must-See: The pointy end of a coronation BBQ

Doctors eventually extracted a 9.7cm-long wooden skewer from the patient's neck.
Wooden skewer after removal.

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.