Two Chinese surgeons rigged straws, a syringe needle and tubing from an oxygen mask together with tape to perform a life-saving emergency procedure on a flight from southern China to New York on Tuesday, according to mainland media reports.
An elderly man was sweating, had a swollen belly and had previously been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. They decided to try to puncture the bladder to release the urine using a device cobbled together from materials at hand, including straws from milk boxes. The surgeons inserted the needle to release the urine but it was not big enough to ease the pressure on its own.
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