Via the material passed in the first few days or later during menses, thru
the cervix.
A R W Forrest LLM, FRCP, FRCPath, (& FWIW DObstRCOG)
Professor of Forensic Toxicology
University Dept of Forensic Pathology
Medico-legal Centre
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Brown
> Sent: 20 May 2003 16:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Foreign body identification
>
>
> I assume she "passed" it, by hand, to her legal
> adviser. Excuse my ignorance, but can someone explain
> the physiology of excreting a foreign body introduced
> during a caesarean?
> "DR. WATSON"
>
>
> --- "White.Phil" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A
> patient has passed a fragment of 'material' p.v.
> > a couple of weeks after
> > a caesarean section. She claims it is a fragment of
> > a drape (we use
> > disposable paper) left behind at surgery. This has
> > become a medico-legal
> > issue and we have been asked by our legal department
> > if it is possible to
> > tell if this sample is part of a theatre drape.
> >
> > Are there any budding Sherlocks out there?
> >
> > Phil White
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