A girl loses her stomach after drinking a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen.

Gaby Scanlon was celebrating her 18th birthday at a bar in Lancaster when she had the drink and began to feel breathless. She developed severe stomach pain and was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with a perforated stomach.

Doctors performed emergency surgery to remove her stomach and save her life.

Last month the bar, where she had purchased the drink, posted a picture on its Facebook page of a cocktail which contained liquid nitrogen called the Pornstar Martini.

Police said the bar has stopped selling all liquid nitrogen cocktails after last Thursday’s incident. Sold for £8.95 with a shot of champagne, the bar called it ‘amazing’.

Liquid nitrogen, which evaporates at minus 196C, has become increasingly common as a method for instantly freezing food and drinks or creating an impressive cloud of vapour ”“ techniques popularised by television chef Heston Blumenthal.

But it should only ever be used as a method to chill glasses or freeze ingredients as it can cause internal damage when inhaled or ingested.