Doctors remove knife from man's head after 4 years

A hospital in southern China says surgeons have successfully rusty, 4-inch knife removed from the skull of a man who claimed that the stabbing had continued in that for four years.

An official of Yuxi City People's Hospital in Yunnan province said Friday that Li Fuyan, a 30-year-old man had severe headache, bad breath and suffering breathing problems, but never knew the cause of his discomfort.

The official said Li doctors he was in the lower right jaw stung by a robber said four years ago and broke the knife in his head without him realizing.

Surgeons worked carefully to remove the badly corroded sheet without breaking, said the official who would only give his surname. The hospital site also reported the successful operation.