Journal article

Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery

AA Gawande, DM Studdert, EJ Orav, TA Brennan, MJ Zinner

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC/NEJM | Published : 2003

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa021721

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Keywords

Male
Science & Technology
Reoperation
Surgical Sponge
Claims
Intraabdominal Surgery
Surgical Sponges
United States
Female
Foreign Bodies
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies
General & Internal Medicine
Surgery; Epidemiology ; Surgical Methods and Procedures; Injury Control
Surgical Instruments
Analysis of Variance
Humans
Risk Factors
Malpractice
Medicine, General & Internal
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medical Errors
Middle Aged
Emergency Treatment