Ananova:

An operation in a Belgrade hospital was disrupted when two surgeons started fighting in the operating theatre.

The surgeons stormed out of the room and carried on fighting outside, reports the daily Politika newspaper.

Surgeon Spasoje Radulovic was operating when his colleague Dragan Vukanic entered and made a remark that started a quarrel, said the anaesthesiologist on duty.

"At one moment Vukanic pulled the ear of the operating doctor, slapped him in the face and walked out," she said.

Radulovic followed and an all-out fight ensued, resulting in bruises, a split lip, loose teeth and a fractured finger.

The operation was completed successfully by the attending assistant doctor.