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Objects left in patient after surgery cause great harm

When you think of the phrase "surgical error," you probably think of a grave mistake that a surgeon made while actually performing the procedure. Maybe the surgeon nicked a blood vessel, or operated on the wrong part of the body. These things do happen; and often to very unfortunate results. A little bit further down the list "surgical error examples" would be a mistake that many people may understandably think should never happen: the medical staff leaves a piece of equipment inside of a patient.