Unexploded Grenade in Ukrainian Soldier’s Chest Successfully Removed by Surgeon

Teejay Boris, Tech Times 12 January 2023, 09:01 pm

A grenade in a Ukrainian soldier's chest has now been removed after successful surgery, the deputy minister of defense of Ukraine confirms.

Having a grenade lodged in your chest sure is a life-and-death situation. However, the Ukraine military surgeons managed to remove an unexploded grenade from a soldier's chest.

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OUTSIDE KREMINNA, UKRAINE - JANUARY 12: Members of Ukraine's 95th Air Assault Brigade defend an area near the front line of fighting on January 12, 2023 outside Kreminna, Ukraine. Kreminna, located on the western edge of the Luhansk region, has seen fierce fighting between Ukraine and the Russian forces who occupy it.

Unexploded Grenade in Ukrainian Soldier's Chest Successfully Removed

As per a recent report by Interesting Engineering, military surgeons managed to successfully remove an unexploded grenade from one of the soldiers of the country, Ukraine.

Hanna Maliar, the deputy minister of defense of Ukraine, posted a photo of an X-ray scan, which show the explosive weapon inside the soldier.

Miliar shared that "military doctors conducted an operation to remove a VOG grenade. The deputy minister of defense added that it did not break while the surgeons were removing it from the body of the Ukrainian soldier.

The Facebook post of Miliar went on to note that the operation included two sappers to ensure the safety of the military surgeons. After all, what they are dealing with is an explosive device.

How Did They Carry Out the Operation?

The deputy minister of defense adds that the surgeons carefully considered the operation method that they are carrying out to handle the explosive weapon.

And as such, they had to move forward with the surgery without using "electrocoagulation." The Guardian explains that it is a method that should help control the bleeding during an operation.

The surgeons decided to skip this common method due to the fact that the "grenade could detonate at any moment," explains the deputy minister.

Meanwhile, The Guardian notes in its report that the internal affairs ministerial adviser, Anton Gerashchenko, said that the operation would "go down in medical textbooks."

Gerashchenko posted an update on the surgery on Telegram, announcing that the operation has been nothing but successful.

The Telegram update disclosed that "the grenade did not explode but remained explosive."

The internal affairs ministerial adviser adds that "there have never been such operations in the practice of our doctors."

So it looks like it is the first time that the surgeons of the Ukraine military have carried out such an operation, which ended up successful anyway.

Gerashchenko believes that the patient is only 28 years old, as he cited the communications adviser to the commander of the medical forces of the Ukraine military, Yevgenia Slivko.

The deputy minister says the soldier is currently undergoing further rehabilitation after the successful surgery.