said<\/a> Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Staff involved have no explanation for how the retractor ended up in the abdominal cavity, or why it was not identified prior to closure,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The instrument is an Alexis wound protector-retractor which is widely used in surgical procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A team of surgeons at Auckland City Hospital replaced the first Alexis wound retractor with a larger one, but the second retractor was inadvertently left in the woman’s abdomen, the Commissioner’s report said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The retractor could not be found through X-ray scans because it is a “non-radiopaque item” but was eventually traced through a CT scan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the commissioner, it was the second time in two years that a medical device had been left inside a patient at an Auckland hospital. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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