Lost 'swab' at inguinal hernioplasty under local anaesthesia.
Small surgical swabs should not be placed adjacent to polypropylene mesh prosthetics.
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK.
Julie
J
Gostling
E Steve
ES
McKain
Steve
S
Dumont
Brian M
BM
Stephenson
D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D015503:Surgical Sponges
D011126:Polypropylenes