Retained surgical sponges, a denied neurosurgical reality? Cautionary note

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-43

  Marquardt, G ^a   Rettig, J ^a   Lang, J ^a   Seifert, V ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Intraoperative complications; Laminectomy; Retained surgical sponge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONGE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0034840467     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011966     Document Type: Article

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