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RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF RETAINED SURGICAL SPONGES

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1955
As long as nonabsorbable materials are used in the manufacture of surgical gauze, the specter of the retained sponge or laparotomy pack will continue to be a nightmare to the practicing surgeon. With surprising ease difficult to appreciate, an operative instrument or pack may disappear from sight while the mind and hands of the operator are preoccupied
H M, OLNICK, H S, WEENS, J V, ROGERS
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EROSION OF RETAINED SURGICAL SPONGES INTO THE INTESTINE

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1966
Retained surgical sponges are identifiable by radiopaque markers, and, when lost, can be expeditiously located by roentgen examination. However, by a rare chain of circumstances, sponges may be left in the peritoneum unwittingly only to make their presence known weeks or years later.
K B, Robinson, E J, Levin
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Retained Surgical Sponges

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2013
recognizing this complication when it occurs remote from the original operation, and even after hospital discharge. Our approach is based on an experience with 2 patients that we reported in 2006. Both patients sustained massive postpancreatectomy hemorrhage that was initially treated by open conversion of Billroth I procedures to Billroth II.
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Natural History of the Retained Surgical Sponge

Southern Medical Journal, 1982
Retained surgical sponge is an infrequently reported condition that may be recognized incidentally during the early postoperative period, produce serious complications, or remain dormant for years. Clinical manifestations of the retained surgical sponge are a function of bacterial contamination and of the location of the sponge within the body cavity ...
J W, Hyslop, K I, Maull
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Gossypiboma—The Problem of the Retained Surgical Sponge

Radiology, 1978
Commonly used surgical sponges and appliances all have standardized, readily recognized opaque markers visible on radiographs. When these markers are identified on postoperative radiographs, they should be assumed to represent retained surgical sponges or appliances.
R G, Williams, D G, Bragg, J A, Nelson
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A retained surgical sponge with interesting sequelae

The American Journal of Medicine, 1963
Abstract A malabsorption syndrome developed in a patient with multiple intestinal fistulas resulting from the presence of a surgical sponge. The mistaken diagnosis of pernicious anemia was made for which the patient was treated for the twelve years prior to death.
H A, WELLS, B H, HYUN, R E, MITCHELL
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Detection of retained surgical sponges.

Radiology, 1983
The accuracy of radiographic detection of neurosurgical sponges was measured experimentally. Commercially available sponges were inserted into a cadaver in several paravertebral locations and radiographed. A total of 72 radiographs (90 sponges) were assessed, as well as an equal number of radiographs without sponges.
G, Revesz, T S, Siddiqi, W A, Buchheit, M, Bonitatibus   +3 more
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RETAINED SURGICAL SPONGES

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1956
ABSTRACT To the Editor:— In The Journal, Dec. 17, 1955, page 1525, is an article, "Radiological Diagnosis of Retained Surgical Sponges," by Drs. H. M. Olnick, H. S. Weens, and J. V. Rogers Jr. Dr. Nicolai Cahn of Berlin, Germany, first developed such radiopaque gauze and sponges 26 years ago.
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Transmural Migration of Retained Surgical Sponges

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2008
Retained surgical sponges have been reported to occur after a diversity of surgical procedures, but transmural migration is a very unusual sequela. This article reports a case in which a retained surgical sponge eroded from the intra-abdominal space into the intestinal lumen, migrated distally, and spontaneously passed with defecation 12 weeks after ...
Zantvoord, Y., van der Weiden, R.M.F., van Hooff, M.H.A.   +2 more
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Sonographic appearance of a retained surgical sponge in the neck

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2000
We report the sonographic appearance and clinical course of a retained surgical sponge in the neck beginning 6 months after a partial thyroidectomy. Sonograms showed a subcutaneous curvilinear hyperechoic interface with marked acoustic shadowing obscuring the left side of the neck. Three months later, a fistulous tract could be seen.
Marta Burrel, Ramón Vilana
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