During left total hip replacement, surgeon noticed the plastic inside the femoral head trial broke as he found a little piece of plastic.He gave everything to the scrub tech and asked to look if he got all the missing pieces.The scrub tech compared the broken head trial with the other head trials and it appears that there is still missing piece(s).Surgeon looked inside the wound but unable to locate the missing piece(s).After surgery, he looked inside the suction filter and he didn't find anything.Assumed plastic piece is retained in patient.
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