INNER TUBE WITH CERAMIC BEAK

Description of Event or Problem

PATIENT WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM (OR) FOR A CYSTOSCOPY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP). INNER SHEATH OF KARL STORZ INSTRUMENT HAD THE TIP COVERED IN PLASTIC. PLASTIC CRACKED AND PIECES OF PLASTIC BROKE OFF INTO THE PATIENT BLADDER. DR. IRRIGATED AND USED GRASPERS TO RETRIEVE THE PIECES OF PLASTIC. HE IRRIGATED THE BLADDER COPIOUSLY AND INSPECTED THE BLADDER THOROUGHLY UNDER VIDEO ENDOSCOPY TO ENSURE NO PIECES WERE LEFT IN THE BLADDER.