Abdominal Implant Bursts From Woman’s Leg in Horrific Medical Mishap

Originally reported by Ars Technica, a Georgia woman received an implant in her abdomen that prevented blood clots way back in 2009. Two years later, that small medical device dislodged from her abdomen and busted out of her leg like the Xenomorph in Alien. Tonya Brand had an IVC, or Inferior Vena Cava, filter implanted […] The post Abdominal Implant Bursts From Woman’s Leg in Horrific Medical Mishap appeared first on VICE.

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