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Received a telephone call from reporting party on 12/08/2016 who relayed the following information : on (b)(6) 2016, j.Doe had a surgical procedure that required a large abdominal incision.A glassman viscera retainer, size medium, item# 3204 was used in the closure.J.Doe did well after surgery.On (b)(6) 2016, j.Doe was taken for an x-ray, unrelated to the original surgery and a glassman viscera retainer radiopaque strip was visible in the x-ray and identified as a retained foreign object.J.Doe was taken to surgery on that same day, 2 skin sutures and 1 facial suture from the original surgery were removed and the glassman viscera retainer was removed without incident.Reporting party states the 2nd surgery was completed in 15 minutes.
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