title: Editor's note: Retained foreign bodies--why do we still allow them to occur?
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sarr
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*