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KEM doctors forgot stent in woman's body 12 years ago
Updated On: 20 July, 2013 12:33 AM IST | | Anuradha Varanasi
Experiencing abdominal pain 12 years after an operation to remove her gall bladder, 65-year-old woman was shocked to learn that the 16-mm particle that had been inserted in her bile duct before the procedure was still there
After undergoing a cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gall bladder) in 2001, Malad resident Rajkumari Mishra (65) thought that she had closed that painful chapter of her life. But she counted her blessings too soon.u00a0

Back to the past: The CT scan report said that Rajkumari Mishra has a 16-mm stent within her biliary system. Doctors were shocked to know that the stent had been inside her body for the past 12 years. The pain was caused by an incisional hernia, which is the result of an incompletely healed surgical wound
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