Not Signed In - Two South Korean patients in surgical slip-up
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:21 PM EST
... South Korean doctors mistakenly removed part of the stomach of a patient due to have thyroid surgery, while removing the thyroid gland of another scheduled for stomach surgery, a hospital official said on Monday. ...
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