A New Search Algorithm for Reducing the Incidence of Missing Cottonoids in the Operating Theater

Study Design Retrospective study. Purpose Missing cottonoids during and after spinal surgery is a persistent problem and account for the most commonly retained surgical instruments (RSIs) noticed during a final cottonoid count. The aim of this study was to enumerate risk factors and describe the seq...

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Main Authors: Abhinandan Reddy, Rajat Mahajan, Tarush Rustagi, Shakti A. Goel, Murari L. Bansal, Harvinder Singh Chhabra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spine Society 2019-02-01
Series:Asian Spine Journal
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Online Access:http://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-2018-0136.pdf