‘Dinner plate sized’ device found inside woman’s abdomen 18 months after cesarean birth | CNN World

CNN World | ‘Dinner plate sized’ device found inside woman’s abdomen 18 months after cesarean birth

(CNN) — 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.

An Alexis retractor, or AWR, which can measure 17 centimeters (6 inches) in diameter, was left inside the mother’s body following the birth of her baby at Auckland City Hospital in 2020.

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