To forget is human: the case of the retained bulb.

The scenario of a forgotten instrument or foreign body has plagued surgical procedures from the early days. It has been estimated that the incidence of retained foreign bodies is around one in every 1,000-1,500 intra-abdominal operations and can be expected to occur at least once per year in hospitals where 8,000-18,000 major surgeries are performed annually. We report a case of a forgotten asepto bulb in the vagina following a robot-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy.