GLENDALE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Glendale man is hospitalized in stable condition after police say he tried to perform surgery on himself -- using a butter knife!
The 63 year-old man, whose name is not being released, was trying to remove a protruding hernia from his stomach using a six inch butter knife, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz tells KTLA.
The man's wife called police to the home in the 1000 block of Columbus Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. saying she was worried that her husband had hurt himself.
The wife told investigators that her husband was tired of waiting for the surgery and decided to cut it out himself, Sgt. Lorenz said.
When they arrived, they found the man naked and lying on his lounge chair in the patio area of his home.
The handle of the knife was sticking out of his stomach, Lorenz said.
While officers waited for paramedics to arrive, the man pulled out the knife and stuck a cigarette inside the open wound. He was then taken into custody..
He was transported to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center Sunday night where he was treated for his injury and put on a psychiatric hold.
Sgt. Lorenz says the man didn't hit any vital organs with his do-it-yourself surgery but would likely receive the hernia operation performed by real doctors sooner than he expected.
The 63 year-old man, whose name is not being released, was trying to remove a protruding hernia from his stomach using a six inch butter knife, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz tells KTLA.
The man's wife called police to the home in the 1000 block of Columbus Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. saying she was worried that her husband had hurt himself.
The wife told investigators that her husband was tired of waiting for the surgery and decided to cut it out himself, Sgt. Lorenz said.
When they arrived, they found the man naked and lying on his lounge chair in the patio area of his home.
The handle of the knife was sticking out of his stomach, Lorenz said.
While officers waited for paramedics to arrive, the man pulled out the knife and stuck a cigarette inside the open wound. He was then taken into custody..
He was transported to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center Sunday night where he was treated for his injury and put on a psychiatric hold.
Sgt. Lorenz says the man didn't hit any vital organs with his do-it-yourself surgery but would likely receive the hernia operation performed by real doctors sooner than he expected.
