Patient seriously burnt after farting during surgery and causing laser to burst into flames

The Mirror ^ | Oct. 31, 2016 | Rachel Bishop

[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.

[REDWOOD99]

What in the Wide World of Sports is going on?

[Twinkie]

Not funny. Most of us like to pretend that “we” are the
exceptions to the human condition of passing gas. Yes.
Hope she recovers well & sorry it happened to her. :o(

[jcon40]

While we’re talking science ...... Learned from my son you can be sitting on a foam pillow / cushion and get up while letting a big one. The pillow will hold the smell And can be moved to another location then squeezed with remarkable effect.

Probably not good to do around smokers.

[blueunicorn6]

“I suppose you expect me to talk?”

“No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to fart and catch on fire!”

An alternate scene from the movie Goldfinger.

[CodeToad]

Well, there went my taste for Egg McMuffins. lol.

[SIDENET]

[JusPasenThru]

We use air or carbon dioxide. These days combustion doesn’t happen, but in the old days when mannitol or sorbitol were used as purges, it did happen. It was always catastrophic.

[JusPasenThru]

We use air or carbon dioxide. These days combustion doesn’t happen, but in the old days when mannitol or sorbitol were used as purges, it did happen. It was always catastrophic.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yeah its an accelerant/oxidizer but given what is around it, in this breakdown, it ought to be noted it will make things worse.

[faucetman]

“....laser being applied to her cervix.”

I wouldn’t know, but I would guess that might have been the “cause” of the flatulence.

[Doogle]

Spider bark

[Albion Wilde]

No kidding. What ever happened to tooting, or she ripped one?

I'm not kidding you, I used to have a little old lady neighbor who referred to it as "leaving a bunny", as in "Ooooh, he left a bunny in church!"

[foundedonpurpose]

My favorite was an old lady at church that declared that woman don’t fart, they fluff...

Still tend to smell foul!

[MPJackal]

“farted”?
“Journalism at it's finest.”

I'm pretty sure that is the scientific term. Busting Azz is just rude.

[tumblindice]

I believe the standard medical jargon is: (the patient) “stepped on a frog”.
Here, “ ... and fried her ‘taint’, always folowed by “O the hugh manatee!” to chase away evil spirits.

[I-ambush]

It’s a real danger with use of a laser. One way to prevent it is to place a packing of vaseline gauze in the rectum to prevent escape of flatus (farts) during the surgery.

[Blueflag]

Full disclosure: i am a former Ga certified volunteer firefighter so i can be a touch sensitive on these topics. 😎

[Professional Engineer]

You win!

[4yearlurker]

It appears someone had a few to many whistle berries for lunch!

[dfwgator]

How ‘bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart?

I’d say you’ve had enough.