It's a funny title but the meaning is more serious; Surgical items, such as sponges and small instruments, left in the bodies of children who undergo surgery are uncommon and rarely fatal but obviously dangerous and expensive mistakes, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study.
Those kinds of errors added an average of eight days to a young patient's hospital stay and nearly $36,000 in extra hospital charges.
Unintentionally funny headline - 'Surgical instruments left in children rarely fatal'
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