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Gossypiboma (Retained Bladder Surgical Sponge ): A Case Report

Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal, 2006
Introduction & Objective: It is estimated that in abdominal and pelvic surgery, foreign bodies remain in one in 1500 operations. Here we report a rare kind of retained surgical sponge in the bladder of a patient that underwent open prostatectomy.
SMR Rabani
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Effect of a surgical sponge counting stand on counting discrepancies, time efficiency, and operating room staff satisfaction: A quality improvement study [PDF]

Nursing and Midwifery Studies
Background: Retained surgical items (RSIs), particularly surgical sponges, represent a significant and preventable error in surgical practice, leading to severe patient complications and legal repercussions for healthcare providers.
Naeimeh Eftekhari, Akram Aarabi, Aygineh Hairabedian   +2 more
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Comparison of the efficacy of five standard topical hemostats: a study in porcine liver and spleen models of surgical bleeding

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background Several topical hemostats are available to help control surgical bleeding. Cutanplast is a highly absorbent and porous gelatin product that is available in Fast sponge and powder forms.
Valerio Antonio Paternò, Alessandro Bisin, Alessandro Addis   +2 more
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Retained surgical sponge

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011
Background: A 36-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of vomiting, loss of appetite and gastric pain radiating to the back. He denied fever and diarrhea. His medical record includes a Billroth-II procedure in another hospital for gastric lymphoma in 1992, hepatitis C and ferriprive anemia.
Dewachter, Patrick, Van De Winkel, Nele, Frederik, Vandenbroucke, Johan, De Mey   +3 more
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Surgical Sponge Retained in Femoral Canal for 22 Years: A Case Report

Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma, 2021
Background: Retained surgical items (RSIs) are not very common in the orthopedic surgery. Here, we are reporting a case of a sponge pad left in the femoral canal for 22 years.
Mohamadsajad Mirhoseini, Salman Azarsina, Mohsen Tavakoli, Omid Kohandel Gargari   +3 more
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Scrub Sponge as A Wound Debridement Device [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2021
Introduction: Wound debridement is necessary before skin grafting or wound closure. Inappropriate wound bed preparation will led to graft rejection and sometimes catastrophic results, especially in large wounds,. Usage of popular debridement and excision
Mehdi Ayaz
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Towards Commercial Production of Sponge Medicines [PDF]

, 2009
Sponges can provide potential drugs against many major world-wide occurring diseases. Despite the high potential of sponge derived drugs no sustainable production method has been developed.
Marieke Koopmans, Rene Wijffels, Dirk Martens, Martens, D.E., Rene H. Wijffels, Koopmans, M., Wijffels, R.H.   +6 more
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The Retained Surgical Sponge

Annals of Surgery, 1996
A review was performed to investigate the frequency of occurrence and outcome of patients who have retained surgical sponges.Closed case records from the files of the Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company (ProMutual, Boston, MA) involving a claim of retained surgical sponges were reviewed for a 7-year period.Retained sponges occurred in 40 ...
C W, Kaiser, S, Friedman, K P, Spurling, T, Slowick, H A, Kaiser   +4 more
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Multiple approaches to enhance the cultivability of bacteria associated with the marine sponge Haliclona (gellius) sp [PDF]

, 2011
Three methods were examined to cultivate bacteria associated with the marine sponge Haliclona (gellius) sp.: agar plate cultures, liquid cultures, and floating filter cultures.
Yang, Y., Klaske Schippers, Wouter J. Maalcke, Sipkema, D., Sina Salim, Blanch, H.W., Salim, S., Harvey W. Blanch, Maalcke, W.J., Yu Yang, Schippers, K.J., Detmer Sipkema   +11 more
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Growth Efficiency and Carbon Balance for the Sponge Haliclona oculata [PDF]

, 2009
To obtain more knowledge about carbon requirements for growth by sponges, the growth rate, respiration rate, and clearance rate was measured in situ in Haliclona oculata. We found that only 34% of the particulate carbon pumped through the sponge was used
Marieke Koopmans, Dirk Martens, Martens, D.E., Rene H. Wijffels, Koopmans, M., Wijffels, R.H.   +5 more
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