[pavulon]

Been in a lot of surgeries...have not witnessed a staple count...instruments, gauze/sponges, needles...mandatory. If something is missing, break out x-ray and look inside before anyone goes anywhere. Staple count? Have never seen that as clips stay behind and staples are visible on the skin.

I'd suspect someone was less than optimally thorough when applying and/or caring for skin grafts (did he have several rounds of skin grafting procedures).