Surgical Objects Accidentally Left Inside About 1,500 Patients In US
Each Year
12/8/07
(www.americanheart.org)Every year, in the United States about 1,500 people have surgical objects accidentally left inside them after surgery, according to medical studies. About two-thirds of the surgical objects left behind are sponges, which can lead to pain, infection, bowel obstructions, problems in healing, longer hospital stays, additional surgeries and in rare cases, death.