Operating room oops - sponges left inside patients!
By: Wendy Kuschel
Updated: June 28, 2012
Sponges are used a lot in surgeries.
But 1 in 1500 surgeries, sponges disappear, left inside patients' bodies.
In up to 35% of those cases, the patient will die.
Now there's an extra set of eyes to help surgeons see what they may be missing.
