A Nevada woman is suing her doctor and the hospital where she gave birth via Cesarean section in 2005, alleging that a surgical sponge was left inside her abdomen for 18 years. Alma Nunez de Avelar ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky jury awarded nearly $10.5 million to a woman whose leg was amputated after a surgical sponge was left inside her body for six years. According to The Courier Journal, ...

A gathering storm of rising malpractice costs, payment penalties, new quality frameworks, patient safety report cards and media attention may be leaving healthcare ...

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Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at least six years, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at ...

ROCKY MOUNT, NC, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Syntervention, Inc., developer of the SWICKER ® radiopaque surgical foam sponge, today ...

A new study points to a promising technology for detecting gauze sponges left inside a surgical patient. Nearly two thirds of the approximately 3,000 annual cases of surgical items left behind involve ...

CHAPEL HILL – Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail store tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that surgical sponges with ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky jury awarded nearly $10.5 million to a woman whose leg was amputated after a surgical sponge was left inside her body for six years. According to The Courier Journal, ...

Two surgical sponges were left in a woman’s abdomen for at least six years, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The unidentified 42-year-old went to a primary care clinic ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky jury awarded nearly $10.5 million to a woman whose leg was amputated after a surgical sponge was left inside her body for six years. According to The Courier Journal, ...