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Whoops, I need to go change my operative dictation so that it no longer says, "Sponge and instrument counts were correct x2." My bad!!!!
haha - nice-Risk ManagementThese are retained foreign bodies; the AP x-ray of the pelvis shows a retained needle and the CT scan shows a retained surgical sponge in the liver.Source: UpToDate.
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Whoops, I need to go change my operative dictation so that it no longer says, "Sponge and instrument counts were correct x2." My bad!!!!
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These are retained foreign bodies; the AP x-ray of the pelvis shows a retained needle and the CT scan shows a retained surgical sponge in the liver.
Source: UpToDate.