How one hospital confirmed no foreign body was left in a patient using video
Customer Stories
How one hospital confirmed no foreign body was left in a patient using video
Hospital Statistics
Health System
US-based academic medical center
System Size
700 beds, 4,400 employees
Department
Urology Surgery
The Challenge
After a routine cystectomy, the perioperative team discovered one of the surgical graspers used during the procedure was missing part of the black sheath that should enclose it. The team was unable to determine whether the sheath had been missing upon delivery or lost during surgery and potentially left in the patient’s body.
The Outcome
The perioperative team promptly turned to Theator’s Surgical Intelligence Platform, which captures 100% of minimally invasive surgical procedures. This cystectomy video was captured and fully annotated, viewable on-demand by the team. They quickly jumped to the step where the graspers were first used by navigating the annotated timeline and determined that the sheath had already been missing and had not been left in the patient’s body.
