Dinner-plate-sized tool left in New Zealand woman after C-section
About 18 months after the woman's original procedure, doctors removed an Alexis wound retractor
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About 18 months after the woman's original procedure, doctors removed an Alexis wound retractor
An Alexis retractor, or AWR, which can measure 17 centimeters in diameter, was left inside the mother's body following the birth of her baby in 2020.
According to New Zealand’s health and disability commissioner, the patient had an Alexis wound retractor — a device used to hold a wound open — lodged in her abdomen.
According to New Zealand’s health and disability commissioner, the patient had an Alexis wound retractor — a device used to hold a wound open — lodged in her abdomen.
A surgical tool the size of a dinner plate was found inside a woman’s abdomen 18 months after her baby was delivered by cesarean section, according to a report by New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner.