“It was during the investigation that we discovered the nail had gone from the neck to the brain, narrowly missing a blood vessel,”

explained Dr. Sandip Tiwari, one of the lead surgeons, in an interview with ETV Bharat.
The team performed a four-hour surgery to extract the 2.27-inch nail while carefully avoiding damage to the brain and sensitive nerves located between the mouth and brainstem.

“The procedure required utmost precision,” said Prof. Samir Misra, a senior faculty member at the Trauma Surgery Department. “One wrong move could have had devastating consequences.”
Post-Surgery Recovery and Monitoring
Boy, 7, Gets 3-Inch Nail Lodged in Brain in Freak Accident, Undergoes Surgery
Following the surgery, the boy

was moved to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at KGMU. Medical staff confirmed he was under close supervision and that his condition was stable.
According to The Hindustan Times, doctors expect the child to make