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PER STAFF, FINAL CLOSING COUNT PERFORMED AT 1205. SCRUB TECH INFORMED NURSE THAT 4/6 FISH HOOKS HAD BROKEN/SNAPPED, AND THE CURVED METAL HOOK WAS MISSING ON 2/6 FISH HOOKS. SURGEON NOTIFIED. ONE METAL HOOK LOCATED DURING END OF COUNT. UNABLE TO LOCATE ONE HOOK. SURGEON REQUESTED RADIOLOGY. X-RAY OF HEAD TAKEN AND HOOK VISUALIZED. SURGEON ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE HOOK, BUT UNABLE TO LOCATE, EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE X-RAYS AND ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE. HOOK DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN PART DUE TO PATIENT HEAD IN METAL MAYFIELD HOLDER. SURGEON CLOSED INCISION IN ORDER TO REMOVE MAYFIELD. PATIENT RE-PREPPED AND DRAPED, AND NEW X-RAYS TAKEN WITH CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE HOOK. HOOK REMOVED BY SURGEON AND FINAL CLOSING COUNT PERFORMED, COUNT CORRECT. BROKEN FISH HOOKS COLLECTED AND GIVEN TO NURSE SUPERVISOR.