As big as a plate, the surgical device is left in the woman's abdomen for 18 months

2023-09-05 17:46:13Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
As big as a plate, the surgical device is left in the woman's abdomen for
Auckland Hospital

A surgical device the size of a dinner plate was left in a New Zealand woman's womb after she delivered her baby by caesarean section at an Auckland hospital. The soft surgical tool was removed from the woman's abdomen 18 months after giving birth. All this time, the woman endured severe pain, until her problem was found after a "CT" (computed tomography) scan.

After this case , health service authorities said that Auckland's public hospital system had failed.

"It goes without saying that the care provided fell below the appropriate standard because the attractor was not identified during any routine surgical check," said New Zealand's Health Commissioner.

The device that serves to retract wounds during childbirth "Alexis" is a large object made of transparent plastic fixed on two "shafts". It is usually removed after the uterine incision is closed in a caesarean section and before the skin is sutured.

It was eventually found on a CT scan, but because it is a transparent surgical device, it could not be detected on X-ray scans.


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