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01.11.2013 | Case report
Forgotten surgical items: lessons for all to learn
Case report and 3-year audit of retained surgical items at a tertiary referral centre
verfasst von:
Lenore Ellett, Peter Maher
Erschienen in:
Gynecological Surgery
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Ausgabe 4/2013
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It is an unavoidable fact that errors occur in medicine and, in particular, the operating room [
1,
2]. Fortunately, cases of retained items after surgery are rare events but the consequences: physical, emotional and financial can be severe for the patient, the surgeon and the hospital. Many attempts have been made to decrease the frequency in which surgical equipment is left inside a patient during an operation. Past studies have looked at risk factors that might be associated with retained surgical equipment [
3]. However, despite extra vigilance in the operating room, retained surgical equipment continues to be a problem. …