Woman suffered abdominal pains for 18 months after caesarian section until scan revealed an ‘Alexis retractor’ had mistakenly been left inside her
A woman who suffered chronic abdominal pain for 18 months after undergoing a caesarean section was found to have a surgical instrument the size of a dinner plate inside her abdomen.
The Alexis retractor, or AWR, was left inside the New Zealand mother after her baby was delivered at Auckland City Hospital in 2020.
