Russian man lived 18 months with 12cm tree branch stuck in his eye socket

Russian doctors have removed a nearly 12-centimetre tree branch from a man's eye socket. The patient had unknowingly been living with the foreign object for approximately one and a half years before it was discovered and surgically extracted.

Russian doctors have successfully removed a nearly 12-centimetre tree branch from a man's eye socket — a foreign object he had unknowingly been living with for approximately one and a half years.

The extraordinary medical case, which took place in Russia, involved a branch that had apparently become lodged in the patient's orbital cavity without his knowledge. Despite the remarkable size of the object — almost the length of an adult's hand — the man had been going about his daily life unaware of its presence for around 18 months before the discovery and subsequent surgical removal.