Surgical Errors Part I: leaving tools in the patient's body

[dalastkyng]

with the surgical staff hand counting the instruments though...that should be fool proof. more than one person should count the instruments so there is no conflict of interest involved in the closing of the procedure.

[windogmassey1]

Hi, Thank for uploading these videos - very helpful. I have known a case of leaving a needle in a cancer patent after a mastectomy, a friend of mine mentioned it a few years ago becouse it was his wife. It caused extreame pain and after an xray it was noticed and retrieved.

[StarbucksBallet]

OMG..I would be so pissed at myself If I ever did that to someone on accident...

[susanolen]

Thank you for this video. I am an OR nurse and this will help me when a surgeon ARGUES with me when I tell him we need to take an Xray before waking the patient up

[chopinnocture]

this was great, I just heard a a talk by Atul Gawande on the radio, and then youtubed him and found this video. I really enjoyed it, made a lot of sense

[Pianoguyjr]

Interesting, and sounds very dangerous.

Doctors of today are becoming more away of yesterday's mistakes; yet for the future to have NO mistakes.

I love it!

[usmedstudent]

thanks for your comment!

[undertoes]

very interesting, yo, atul gawande is the man