An extra-large Alexis retractor was left inside the patient’s abdomen after surgety.
A woman complaining of chronic pain discovered that she had a surgical tool the size of a dinner plate inside her abdomen more than a year after delivering her baby via cesarean section, health officials said.
Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, formerly known as the Auckland District Health Board, previously denied that it had failed to exercise reasonable skill and care towards the patient, pointing to “known error rates.” The patient had a scheduled cesarean at Auckland City Hospital because of concerns about placenta previa — a condition in which the placenta completely or partially covers the opening of the uterus.
“I remember being asked by the scrub nurse to open another Alexis wound retractor … [W]e had none in the prep room, so I quickly fetched one from the sterile stock room,” the nurse said. “I opened this to the scrub nurse and left it at that.” After the surgical tool was discovered in a CT scan and removed from the patient’s body, the hospital staff involved in the C-section were said to be “genuinely concerned” and “most apologetic.”The incident took place in 2020 at Auckland City Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.“As set out in my report, the care fell significantly below the appropriate standard in this case and resulted in a prolonged period of distress for the woman,” the commissioner wrote.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Dinner plate sized' device found inside woman's abdomen 18 months after cesarean birthA surgical tool the size of a dinner plate was found inside a woman’s abdomen 18 months after her baby was delivered by cesarean section, according to a report by New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner.
Read more »
Doctors left dinner-plate-sized tool in woman after C-section, report saysNew Zealand’s health and disability commissioner ruled that medical group Te Whatu Ora left a surgical device in a patient’s abdomen after a C-section.
Read more »
‘Dinner plate-sized’ device found in woman 18 months after caesareanThe woman complained to her doctor of severe pain after her baby was delivered via caesarean section, according to an official report released Monday in New Zealand.
Read more »
Dinner plate-sized surgical tool discovered in woman 18 months after procedureA surgical tool 'the size of a dinner plate' has been discovered inside a woman's abdomen 18 months after undergoing a C-section while giving birth to her child.
Read more »
Dinner plate-sized surgical tool discovered in woman 18 months after procedureA surgical tool 'the size of a dinner plate' has been discovered inside a woman's abdomen 18 months after undergoing a C-section while giving birth to her child.
Read more »
Dinner plate-sized surgical tool discovered in woman 18 months after procedureA surgical tool 'the size of a dinner plate' has been discovered inside a woman's abdomen 18 months after undergoing a C-section while giving birth to her child.
Read more »