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Patient seriously burnt after farting during surgery and causing laser to burst into flames
The Mirror ^ | Oct. 31, 2016 | Rachel Bishop

Posted on 10/31/2016 5:07:48 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A patient has been left badly burnt after she farted during surgery and caused a laser to burst into flames.

The unnamed woman, in her 30s, was undergoing surgery at Tokyo Medical University Hospital which involved a laser being applied to her cervix.

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To: rickmichaels

Good lord how much does a cork cost, after all?


41 posted on 10/31/2016 5:42:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I always do. Once something is buried, it should stay buried!


42 posted on 10/31/2016 5:44:29 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Karl Spooner

Oxygen is flammable too.


43 posted on 10/31/2016 5:44:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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44 posted on 10/31/2016 5:45:36 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm young enough to look at, and far too old to see All the scars are on the inside.)
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To: rickmichaels

I really can’t picture how an uncontained fart could generate enough heat for long enough to do more than singe hair.

I hope she is OK but that must have been quite a fart.


45 posted on 10/31/2016 5:45:40 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: rickmichaels

At least the methane didn’t contribute to GoreBull warming.


46 posted on 10/31/2016 5:45:41 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: JusPasenThru

I know that the lower intestine is inflated during the colonoscopy procedure. The question is does the doctor use air or nitrogen? If nitrogen, the oxygen content is reduced so there can not be combustion.


47 posted on 10/31/2016 5:46:23 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: rickmichaels

Hmmm. Wonder what body part they were operating on. Never mind, I don’t want to know.


48 posted on 10/31/2016 5:48:25 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: rickmichaels

Greenhouse gas


49 posted on 10/31/2016 5:49:33 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: rickmichaels

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50 posted on 10/31/2016 5:52:45 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes
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To: bankwalker

Right. I know they used to describe them as hydrogen sulfide gas.


51 posted on 10/31/2016 5:58:11 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Secret Agent Man

I’m not sure about that. Doesn’t it just make everything else super flammable?


52 posted on 10/31/2016 6:01:06 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: foundedonpurpose
"No kidding. What ever happened to tooting, or she ripped one?"

Security footage from a nearby business:


53 posted on 10/31/2016 6:05:23 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: rickmichaels

Accidents happen, but it’s bad when you make the medical journals.


54 posted on 10/31/2016 6:08:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Carly Simon is so vain, she thinks we think her insipid song is about us.)
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To: PLMerite

Dang! Was that an authentic taco stand? :-)


55 posted on 10/31/2016 6:12:12 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
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To: Karl Spooner

Off the cuff i doubt there’s that much hydrogen. Hmmm. Will do some research.


56 posted on 10/31/2016 6:12:58 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Bump! LOL


57 posted on 10/31/2016 6:13:07 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Thank You! LOL


58 posted on 10/31/2016 6:14:34 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
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To: rickmichaels
It concluded: "When the patient's intestinal gas leaked into the space of the operation (room), it ignited with the irradiation of the laser, and the burning spread, eventually reaching the surgical drape and causing the fire."

Fart jokes aside, it's hard to imagine that there would be enough flammable gas to do much damage. (Or people would be torching themselves around outdoor grills all the time ....) But if the surgical drapes were flammable, maybe it's a different story. Does anyone know what the standard is on surgical drapes?

59 posted on 10/31/2016 6:15:03 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Secret Agent Man

No. Absolutely no.

O2 is the oxidizer, not the fuel


60 posted on 10/31/2016 6:15:56 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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