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Surgeons Lose Scalpel in Swede's Nose
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| 17 Dec 12
Posted on 12/17/2012 6:52:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
Swedish doctors are struggling to locate the tip of a scalpel they managed to lose in a patient's nose.
The patient had originally sought help at the clinic north of Stockholm to correct a crooked nose stemming from a previous beating.
However, sometime during the procedure, the surgeon's scalpel snapped and doctors were unable to figure out what happened to the rogue piece of metal.
The patient, whose gender was not specified in complaint documents filed with the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), was subsequently sent home, but after suffering palpitations during the night, prompting a visit to a local emergency room.
But it was only after the patient was x-rayed during a scheduled post-operative checkup that doctors learned a shard of the scalpel was still stuck in the patient's nasal cavity.
Doctors decided to schedule a new operation to try to remove the scalpel remnants, but when the operation took place, they were unable to find the missing metal bit, despite it showing up clearly in the X-ray.
The patient, who experienced a very long and diffidcult recovery from the anaesthesia, was sent for specialist recovery care at another clinic in Stockholm.
However, doctors plan to search again for the rest of the broken scalpel with the aid of an x-ray screening after he has fully recovered from the first operation.
The incident has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare in accordance with Sweden's Lex Maria, the informal name for regulations governing the reporting of injuries or incidents in the Swedish health care system.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: napl; schnozel
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To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/17/2012 8:44:49 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway
22
posted on
12/17/2012 9:06:04 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(The key to Marxism is medicine - V. Lenin)
To: Vendome; Revolting cat!; nickcarraway
![](http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4977760503729757&pid=15.1)
Did the patient
try looking for it
Himself?
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posted on
12/18/2012 1:58:27 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I forgot to ping you to the guy with his finger through his eye socket (above) so instead I'll give you the Pinocchio Paradox.
It's right up there with Schrodinger's Cat.
24
posted on
12/18/2012 2:13:19 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/18/2012 2:59:46 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: Vendome
WTF ????![](http://www.ngha.med.sa/Arabic/MediaCenter/News/PublishingImages/Foreign%20object%20in%20the%20nose.jpg)
WTF: ????
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posted on
12/18/2012 8:39:43 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Revolting cat!
You make me sick or throw up ......just a little....in my mouth....
LOL
27
posted on
12/18/2012 10:47:44 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/18/2012 10:50:45 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: Daffynition
29
posted on
12/18/2012 11:05:29 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: shibumi
William of Occam called - he wants his razor back.
30
posted on
12/18/2012 11:06:42 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
In the South, razor back is one word.
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posted on
12/18/2012 1:04:54 PM PST
by
OldEagle
To: Slings and Arrows
o/~ Nobody nose de trouble I’ve seen... o/~
ROFLOL!
Thanks, eh?
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posted on
12/18/2012 4:38:54 PM PST
by
fanfan
("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
To: fanfan
34
posted on
12/18/2012 6:54:25 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Happy Chanukah, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
:-)
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posted on
12/19/2012 6:05:59 PM PST
by
fanfan
("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
To: nickcarraway
Sitting in the dentist chair with my mouth wide open, the dentist dropped a gold onlay down my throat. I swallowed it before I could think about what had happened. The dentist was the most embarrassed man I think I have ever seen. When he could think of something to say he said “you don’t have to look for it”.
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posted on
12/19/2012 6:15:51 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: fanfan
Thank you, and to you too.
37
posted on
12/19/2012 6:50:55 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/19/2012 6:57:55 PM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: nickcarraway
Cheech & Chong, "Up his nose":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1mCWoPA5_w
39
posted on
12/19/2012 7:26:43 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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