(b)(6) year old female with a history of right flank pain due to right ureteropelvic junction obstruction.Pt scheduled for elective robotic right pyeloplasty secondary to right ureteropelvic junction obstruction.Prior to the end of the surgical case, a fluoroscopic guidance kub was completed.Two static images of the abdomen / pelvis were archived at the end of the procedure prior to the pt leaving the operating room.The pt's intra-op static images showed a "thin, short, linear density projected over the right lower quadrant of the abdomen" and could not rule out the possibility of a foreign body.For pt safety purposes, images were submitted for radiologist review and evaluated for unexpected findings.The surgeon was notified of results and ordered a repeat kub which showed a "foreign body in the pt's lower quadrant on the right side." the surgeon ordered a ct scan without contrast that confirmed the presence of a foreign body adjacent to the colon on the right side.The findings were relayed to surgeon as a critical finding.The pt returned to surgery on (b)(6) 2019 at 1701 for a laparoscopy and removal of the foreign body.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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