Woman Sues after Medical Sponge was Left Inside Her Head Post-Op

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jdcitizen@gmail.com - 02 Nov 2006 08:57 GMT

The Associated Press reports that a Hollysburg woman is suing an
Altoona hospital and doctor for allegedly leaving a medical sponge in
her head after an ear operation more than two years ago.

After the procedure, Ellen Detwiler experienced painful headaches,
swelling, nausea and hearing problems, according to a lawsuit filed
late Friday at the Blair County Court of Common Pleas.

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Martha Adams - 02 Nov 2006 19:14 GMT

This is interesting. I wonder if the surgery was somehow very difficult
and challenging. You typically don't have a large operating field when
you are going in thru someone's skull. I suspect this posting is the
tip
end, the stub, of a larger topic, and I'd like to see that posted here
(with some care to knowledgeable accuracy).

Cheers -- Martha Adams

> The Associated Press reports that a Hollysburg woman is suing an
> Altoona hospital and doctor for allegedly leaving a medical sponge in
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> Read the rest of this blog entry
> here:http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/woman-sues-after-medical-sponge-was-le
ft-inside-her-head-post-op.html

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Dave - 03 Nov 2006 00:27 GMT

> This is interesting. I wonder if the surgery was somehow very difficult
> and challenging. You typically don't have a large operating field when
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> > Read the rest of this blog entry
> > here:http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/woman-sues-after-medical-sponge-was-le
ft-inside-her-head-post-op.html

I once visited airside maintenance. Everything there had its proper
place and had to be accounted for. Isn't it the same in operating
theatres, with a nurse counting swabs?

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Jeff - 03 Nov 2006 03:02 GMT

>> This is interesting. I wonder if the surgery was somehow very difficult
>> and challenging. You typically don't have a large operating field when
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> place and had to be accounted for. Isn't it the same in operating
> theatres, with a nurse counting swabs?

It's like that. They also do a physical count of objects before closing the
wound.

Jeff

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