Retained surgical items: A problem yet to be solved

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-22

  Stawicki, Stanislaw P A ^a   Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a   Ahmed, Hesham M ^b   Anderson III, Harry L ^c   Balija, Tara M ^b   Bernescu, Irina ^b   Chan, Liza ^c   Chowayou, Laurie ^c   Cipolla, James ^d   Coyle, Susette M ^b   Gracias, Vicente H ^b   Gunter, Oliver L ^e   Marchigiani, Raffaele ^d   Martin, Niels D ^f   Patel, Jigar ^g,h   Seamon, Mark J ^g,h   Vagedes, Eileen ^c   Ellison, E Christopher ^a   Steinberg, Steven M ^a   Cook, Charles H ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Temple St Luke's Medical School   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h OPUS 12 Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84871201721     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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