The 2010 lawsuit, brought by Dennis K. Snowden, alleges that after a 17-hour surgery in late February 2009 at Miami Valley Hospital, the medical team left a laparotomy sponge in his wife's body, and that led to complications and ultimately to death. The original lawsuit filing named several defendants, including Dr. Akpofure "Peter" Ekeh, Wright State Physicians, numerous scrub technicians, nurses and other medical personnel.
Court documents show Wright State Physicians Inc. admits a sponge remained in Snowden's body for about seven months - including two failed attempts to remove it - but denied that the sponge's presence caused Snowden's further medical problems and death.
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