brainhop offbeat and funny news         | Friday May 16 | faq - login - partners - forum - register - search - submit     The stuff... misc links Surgical Objects Accidentally Left Inside 1500 Patients Every year in the United States about 1500 people have surgical objects accidentally left inside them after surgery according to medical studies About twothirds 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 12-10-07 - more info - report broken more link visitor, add a comment Would you like to submit your comments ? no yes [ip is logged for abuse]? © 2003 - 2006 brainhop.com - privacy policy - never forget - supporters - xml/rss Visitor Stats | Today : 1979 | Average Daily : 2841 |