Forceps left in patient following Alexandra Hospital operation
 

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Metal forceps were left inside a patient in a so-called never event at a Worcestershire hospital.

The error occurred during a complex seven-hour abdominal operation at Alexandra Hospital on 23 November.

The patient spent the night in intensive care at the site in Redditch when the six-inch (15 cm) object could not be retrieved the same day.

The hospital trust has apologised unreservedly and said it would share the findings of an investigation.

The instrument was an arterial clamp resembling a large pair of scissors.

Under normal circumstances, all instruments should be counted and checked twice before the patient is closed. There is also a process of "signing out" at the end of an operation to confirm they are all accounted for.

A source claimed such an incident - known as a never event - should not be able to happen.

It was also claimed that nothing like this had happened at the hospital for at least 15 years.

The BBC understands that following the lengthy operation, the device was found to be missing and was confirmed to be inside the patient, via x-ray, while they were still under anaesthetic.

When it was not possible to remove the forceps, the patient was transferred to intensive care overnight.

A further operation was carried out the next day to remove the clamp and the patient returned to intensive care where they were described as stable.

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:shocked:

Human error, but that’s why they count what’s used before and after a op.

so the patient has biceps, triceps and now forceps!

I watched an horrific one in American a few years back where an aluminium tool was left in a patient and bacteria grew on it.

From memory they had a massive hole in their stomach that had to be left open.

Someone needs to Get a grip

I'm not sure if I dreampt this but wasn't a WW2 bomb found in an 83 year old man's anus?

Not a joke. I think. :p

Happens more often than you'd think - although not usually something as large as forceps! Usually things like gauze, or a smaller piece of something that's broken off. A whole tool is quite an achievement.

This sounds so scary & painful .

Gusto, you need to stop playing Call of Duty and eating cheese late at night

It wasn't a dream. :p

https://www.joe.co.uk/life/hospital-...-rectum-371472

"It is understood that the man had inserted it in his bottom for sexual pleasure."



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He must have been in need of a very strong laxative