Drunk man gets a pan handle stuck four inches into his EYE SOCKET after slipping in the kitchen
A drunk man nearly lost his eye after a pan handle got buried four inches deep in his face when he slipped in his kitchen.
The horrific accident occurred in Karlsruhe in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg, when the 64-year-old was looking for some kitchen utensils after drinking too much alcohol.
He learnt a harsh lesson about cooking while drunk after he stumbled, lost his balance and fell forward towards the kitchen counter, where he pierced his eye socket with a looped metal pan handle.
Despite the pan sticking out of his eye and his severe injuries, the man somehow still managed to call the emergency services.
He was rushed by air ambulance in a critical condition to hospital, with the pan handle rammed four inches deep into his eye socket.
A team of doctors consisting of Dr Carla Sander, Dr Ali Kurt, Prof Anton Dunsche and Dr Taha Tolga Sonmez performed emergency surgery lasting several hours on the man.
Despite the gruesome injury and his critical condition, they managed to both save both his life, and restore his vision in his right eye.
Dr Sander said that a detailed examination of his eye socket and skull showed that, 'the cooking pan's handle was positioned 10 centimetres in situ, coming from above, breaking through the right orbital rim [of the socket].'
Luckily for the patient, the pan handle was positioned in such a way that it entered his eye socket just below his right eyeball and completely missed his brain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-four-inches-EYE-SOCKET-slipping-kitchen.html
A drunk man nearly lost his eye after a pan handle got buried four inches deep in his face when he slipped in his kitchen.
The horrific accident occurred in Karlsruhe in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg, when the 64-year-old was looking for some kitchen utensils after drinking too much alcohol.
He learnt a harsh lesson about cooking while drunk after he stumbled, lost his balance and fell forward towards the kitchen counter, where he pierced his eye socket with a looped metal pan handle.
Despite the pan sticking out of his eye and his severe injuries, the man somehow still managed to call the emergency services.
He was rushed by air ambulance in a critical condition to hospital, with the pan handle rammed four inches deep into his eye socket.
A team of doctors consisting of Dr Carla Sander, Dr Ali Kurt, Prof Anton Dunsche and Dr Taha Tolga Sonmez performed emergency surgery lasting several hours on the man.
Despite the gruesome injury and his critical condition, they managed to both save both his life, and restore his vision in his right eye.
Dr Sander said that a detailed examination of his eye socket and skull showed that, 'the cooking pan's handle was positioned 10 centimetres in situ, coming from above, breaking through the right orbital rim [of the socket].'
Luckily for the patient, the pan handle was positioned in such a way that it entered his eye socket just below his right eyeball and completely missed his brain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-four-inches-EYE-SOCKET-slipping-kitchen.html
