The stent that was placed in plaintiff's ureter as part of a surgical procedure to remove kidney stones and was intended to remain for two to four weeks post-procedure to insure that the ureter remained unobstructed, allowing urine and stone fragments to pass, was a fixation device, not a foreign object that may toll the statute of limitations (CPLR 214-a; see LaBarbera v New York Eye & Ear Infirmary,
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