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Ariz. man impaled by pruning shears

Aug. 30, 2011 - 12:26 By

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears.

University Medical Center said Monday that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when he dropped a pair of pruning shears, which landed point-side down in the ground.

When Luetscher went to pick them up, he lost his balance and fell face-down on the handle. The handle penetrated his eye socket and went down into his neck, resting on the external carotid artery. Half the shears were left in his head, while the other half was sticking out.

Luetscher was rushed to the hospital, where surgeons removed the shears and rebuilt his orbital floor with metal mesh, saving his eye.

Doctors say Luetscher still has slight swelling in his eyelids and minor double vision but has otherwise recovered.

In this image provided by the University Medical Center in Tucson, a CT scan shows a pair of pruning shears embedded in the head of an 86-year-old Green Valley, Ariz., man before it was removed by Medical Center surgeons in Tucson on July 30. (AP-Yonhap News)


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눈으로 들어간 가위가 목까지

원예용 가위 손잡이 부분이 눈을 통해 들어가 목까지 닿은 남성을 지난달 30일(현지시각) 애리조나 주립대학병원에서 제거 수술 전 컴퓨터 단층 촬영한 모습이 공개되었다. 이 남성은 집 마당에서 일하다 가위 위로 떨어지는 바람에 이러한 사고를 당했으며 수술을 받고 회복 중이다.