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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?
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:42:56 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I always do. Once something is buried, it should stay buried!
To: Karl Spooner
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:44:29 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: RightGeek
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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.)
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.
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:45:40 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
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To: rickmichaels
At least the methane didn’t contribute to GoreBull warming.
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:45:41 PM PDT
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beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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.
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:46:23 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: rickmichaels
Hmmm. Wonder what body part they were operating on. Never mind, I don’t want to know.
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posted on
10/31/2016 5:48:25 PM PDT
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dhs12345
To: rickmichaels
To: rickmichaels
To: bankwalker
Right. I know they used to describe them as hydrogen sulfide gas.
To: Secret Agent Man
I’m not sure about that. Doesn’t it just make everything else super flammable?
To: foundedonpurpose
"No kidding. What ever happened to tooting, or she ripped one?"
Security footage from a nearby business:
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:05:23 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: rickmichaels
Accidents happen, but it’s bad when you make the medical journals.
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:08:59 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Carly Simon is so vain, she thinks we think her insipid song is about us.)
To: PLMerite
Dang! Was that an authentic taco stand? :-)
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:12:12 PM PDT
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foundedonpurpose
(Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
To: Karl Spooner
Off the cuff i doubt there’s that much hydrogen. Hmmm. Will do some research.
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:12:58 PM PDT
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Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:13:07 PM PDT
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foundedonpurpose
(Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
To: EvilCapitalist
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:14:34 PM PDT
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foundedonpurpose
(Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
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?
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:15:03 PM PDT
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sphinx
To: Secret Agent Man
No. Absolutely no.
O2 is the oxidizer, not the fuel
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posted on
10/31/2016 6:15:56 PM PDT
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Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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