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A 49-year old man underwent surgery because of a pain in his spleen. Doctors believed he had a tumor. But when they took the thing out, they found that it was a 25-year old surgical towel that had been left there in 1983 when the guy had an operation to treat an ulcer.
The hospital responsible for the painful towel is Asahi General Hospital in Chiba. The towel was crumpled up into the size and shape of a softball when surgeons at the other hospital discovered it. Ouch.
(Thanks, Walter!)
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Well talk about a living time capsule.
They should find out the nurse involved for not checking all the equipment after the surgery.
Posted by: Dragonfang18 | June 05, 2008 at 09:08 PM