Transmigration of a retained surgical sponge: a case report
Abstract Background A retained surgical sponge remains a dreaded complication of modern surgery. Despite the increasing focus on patient safety instances of “a sponge being left in the abdomen”, are all too common in popular media. In this article we report the rare phenomenon of transmigration of a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13037-018-0168-y |