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Blundering surgeons left SIXTEEN different objects in German pensioner's body after operation for prostate cancerDirk Schroeder, 74, suffered 'appalling agony,' after the operation for cancer

Items included needle, roll of bandage, compress and bit of surgical mask

The incident happened in 2009 and the man has since passed away

His family are now seeking £80,000 in damages for gross negligence

Hospital, in Hanover, say the items entered the body 'post-operative'

By Allan Hall and Matt Blake

The family of a patient who died in Germany after surgeons left 16 different items inside his body during an operation are seeking £80,000 compensation from hospital authorities.

Dirk Schroeder, 74, suffered 'appalling agony' after the routine surgery for prostate cancer and had been told he could expect to live another six years at least.

But within months, he was back in hospital after a shocked nurse on a home visit in Hanover, Germany, saw a huge gauze pad sticking out from his wound.

Surgeons later removed 16 items of operating theatre equipment and supplies from inside Schroeder's body, including a needle, a six-inch roll of bandage, a six-inch long compress, several swabs and a fragment of surgical mask.

The incident happened in 2009 and Mr. Schroeder survived, but his cancer had spread and he passed away last year.

His family have now launched a lawsuit against the clinic seeking £80,000 in damages. It took two further operations to remove all the debris from his body.

'Such an extent of foreign objects left inside a patient is unique in medical literature,' said family lawyer and medical expert Annette Corinth.

The hospital, which has not been named, claimed the items entered the body 'post-operative,' but did not suggest how the man may have ingested them - including the needle.

Ms. Corinth said: 'I hope the hospital will settle but otherwise the family are prepared to go all the way and sue in court. The family of the deceased spent lots of money on care, medicines and reconstruction of their home to look after this man.

'There has been gross negligence here which most probably had led to complications and possibly a quicker death.'


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Left behind: Still trapped within him were operating theatre equipment and supplies which included a needle, a six-inch roll of bandage, a six-inch long compress, several swabs and a fragment of surgical mask, photo below.

*Nasty! I thought they were bones at first glance! I watch all the tv shows about things left in bodies. Usually, it's one, sometimes one very large thing!*

[LadyCPlum]

Dear God, where the hell do they train physicians in Germany, the Josef Mengele Medical Centre?

[GoreisGreat]

£80,000? If this happened in the US you'd be talking at least $800,000.

[Sharon]

[Faline]

Happened to a few people.

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by GoreisGreat ↗

£80,000? If this happened in the US you'd be talking at least $800,000.

I'd put it into the millions myself.

[BrianBear5150]

Was this jackwagon surgeon drinking? Did the surgery take place in the middle of Oktoberfest?

[Spiffyfable]

I don't know what to say.... Oopsy

[Jere]

[mintycbo]

If that had happened to me last year in any of my surgeries..
2 hospitals, 2 surgeons from same office/practice and their surgical teams...not to mention the one was done in an outpatient surgical center owned by both hospitals...
Then again..I did have a post-op staph infection in my left elbow..but nothing I could do anything about..(did spend a week in the hospital though)