A man is lucky to be alive, doctors said, after he accidentally
impaled himself on pruning shears.
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A man is lucky to be alive, doctors said, after he accidentally
impaled himself on pruning shears.

University Medical Centre said yesterday that Leroy Luetscher, 86, of
Green Valley, Arizona, was working in his garden on July 30 when he
dropped a pair of pruning shears, which landed point-side down in the
ground.

When Mr 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.

Mr Luetscher was taken to the hospital, where surgeons removed the
shears and rebuilt his orbital floor with metal mesh, saving his eye.
Doctors say Mr Luetscher still has slight swelling in his eyelids and
minor double vision but has otherwise recovered