According to Brazilian media reports, Érica underwent surgery earlier in the year to have her uterus removed.
However, after the procedure, she continued experiencing significant pain.
An 18 cm surgical clamp was left inside a patient’s abdomen.
What should have been the beginning of recovery instead became an unexpected medical ordeal for Érica Cristina Bannai Von Hoonholtz of Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.