Retained Foreign Bodies After Surgery

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-174

  Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Harrell, Andrew ^a   Cristiano, Joseph ^a   Sechrist, Cathy ^a   Kercher, Kent ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

medical error; retained foreign body

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC CAVITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 33847607988     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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