A toothpick, more than 6 centimeters long, is taken out from a woman's heart during a surgery, according to a doctor from Xiangya Hospital affiliated to Central South University in Hunan province on November 6, 2013. The woman, 43, is deaf and dumb, the doctor added. [Photo/CNS]

A toothpick, more than 6 centimeters long, is taken out from a woman's heart during a surgery, according to a doctor from Xiangya Hospital affiliated to Central South University in Hunan province on November 6, 2013. The woman, 43, is deaf and dumb, the doctor added. [Photo/CNS] 

A toothpick, more than 6 centimeters long, is taken out from a woman's heart during a surgery, according to a doctor from Xiangya Hospital affiliated to Central South University in Hunan province on November 6, 2013. The woman, 43, is deaf and dumb, the doctor added. [Photo/CNS] 

A toothpick, more than 6 centimeters long, is taken out from a woman's heart during a surgery, according to a doctor from Xiangya Hospital affiliated to Central South University in Hunan province on November 6, 2013. The woman, 43, is deaf and dumb, the doctor added. [Photo/CNS]