Retained Surgical Sponge

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An error made during surgery in which one or more surgical sponges remains in the operative field after closing the patient, which may become a nidus for infection

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No references found			Prior to awarding the agreement, the GPO had created an entirely new product category called Retained Surgical Sponge Prevention. Patient Safety Technologies Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results by PR Newswire DIAGNOSIS Retained surgical sponge DISCUSSION Gossypiboma (which is also known as textiloma, cottonoid, and gauzeoma) is a mass formed by a retained surgical sponge surrounded by encapsulating reactive tissue. Gossypiboma: the forgotten diagnosis by Sirjani, Farshad Ostovar; Gerscovich, Eugenio O.; McGahan, John P.; Stein-Wexler, Rebecca / Applied Radiology They involved her failure to respond to calls and initiate timely treatment, a broken humerus and permanent nerve injury following a birth, and a retained surgical sponge. Enough is enough: hospital terminates physician's privileges by Tammelleo, A. David / Hospital Law's Regan Report			restrictive covenant restrictive disease restrictive lung disease restructuring Restylane resume resurrection plant resuscitate resuscitation resuscitation 1 resuscitation 2 resuscitation: fetus resuscitation: neonate resuscitator Resveratrol RET retail dentistry retail store dentistry retain Retained retained acid syndrome retained antrum syndrome Retained Bullet retained menstruation retained placenta Retained Surgical Sponge retained testis retainer retake retama Retama retam retard retardate retardation retarded retarded dentition retarded depression retarded ejaculation retarder retch retching Retcol rete rete arteriosum rete articulare rete cutaneum corii rete mirabile rete ovarii rete peg rete pegs rete ridge			Retained Earnings Statements Retained Earnings, Appropriated retained enchondral cartilage cores retained enchondral cartilage cores retained enchondral cartilage cores Retained Fetal Membrane Retained firefighter Retained firefighter Retained Foreign Body Retained Foreign Body Retained Foreign Object Retained Gas Sampler Retained Lap Sponge Retained losses Retained losses retained meconium retained meconium retained menstruation retained object retained personnel retained personnel retained placenta retained placenta retained placenta Retained Products of Conception Retained Profit Retained Profit Retained Profit Retained Profits Retained Surgical Gauze Retained Surgical Sponge retained teeth retained teeth retained teeth retained testicle retained testicle retained testis retained testis retained testis retained testis retained water retainer retainer retainer retainer retainer Retainer (orthodontic device) Retainer Fee retainer of counsel retainer plate retainer wall Retainers Retainers Retainers Retainers retaining retaining retaining retaining Retaining Contact retaining fee

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