Retained surgical sponges: a descriptive study of 319 occurrences and contributing factors from 2012 to 2017 [PDF]
Patient Safety in Surgery, 2018 Background Unintended retention of foreign bodies remain the most frequently reported sentinel events. Surgical sponges account for the majority of these retained items.
Victoria M. Steelman +3 more
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Retained Surgical Sponges (Gossypiboma)
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2005 Retained surgical sponges are seldom reported due to medicolegal implications. Awareness of this problem among surgeons and radiologists is essential to avoid unnecessary morbidity.
Kamal E. Bani-Hani +2 more
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Spontaneous Transmural Migration of Surgical Sponges
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2006 Postoperative retained surgical sponges or other foreign bodies are usually underreported. Radio-opaque materials are usually detected on follow-up radiological investigations, but radiolucent materials such as sponges create diagnostic problems and ...
Rajesh Godara +3 more
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Retained surgical sponges, needles and instruments [PDF]
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2013 Introduction Retained sponges and instruments (RSI) due to surgery are a recognised medical ‘never event’ and have catastrophic implications for patients, healthcare professionals and medical care providers. The aim of this review was to elucidate the extent of the problem of RSI and to identify preventative strategies.
Dileep N Lobo
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The safety of radiofrequency surgical sponges in orthopedic surgery: a validation study in 2,251 arthroplasty procedures [PDF]
Patient Safety in SurgeryBackground Retained foreign objects (RFOs), particularly surgical sponges, remain a serious yet preventable source of morbidity and litigation. Although radiofrequency (RF)-tagged sponges have shown 100% sensitivity and specificity in general surgery ...
Jack A. Will +2 more
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Retained fragmented Raytec gauze eluding an alleged correct postoperative count following cardiothoracic surgery: case report of a rare “never event” [PDF]
Patient Safety in SurgeryIntroduction Retained surgical items are rare yet serious complications that may occur despite correct instrument and sponge counts. Surgical sponges remain the most frequently retained items, with gauze marker strand retention being an uncommon ...
Marco Lizwan, Philip Y. K. Pang
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Retained surgical sponges, needles and instruments. [PDF]
Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 2014 Steelman VM.
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Radio-frequency identification of surgical sponges in the abdominal cavity of pigs [PDF]
Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2014 Ricardo Ribeiro Gama
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Intracranial Textiloma: Imaging Features and Literature Review
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2021 Background and Importance Intracranial textilomas are retained surgical sponges presenting as pseudomass lesions in postoperative patients usually with surrounding inflammatory reaction.
Vivek Agarwal +6 more
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Surgical item left in the abdomen six years after abdominoplasty: case report [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2016 The retained surgical item in patients after closure of the wound is a situation that although rare is preventable and requires specific care such as institutional protocols for prevention.
Glayse June Sasaki Favarin +5 more
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