O'Brien Lauren, Eyster Kathleen M, Hansen Keith A
From the *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KU School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas; †Departments of Basic Biomedical Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and ‡Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, South Dakota.
J Patient Saf. 2015 Dec;11(4):228-9. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000078.
Retained foreign bodies remain an area of potential patient harm. This case describes a retained needle from distant surgery discovered at the time of the needle count after myomectomy.