title: Saved by the video: added value of recording surgical procedures on video.
abstract: Intraoperative imaging has immense value for teaching and training surgeons by providing part of a future digital medical record of the patient and supportive evidence of good practice and an open attitude to patient safety. We report a case in which intraoperative video recording of an operation allowed us, after an incorrect count, to confidently assert that there was no equipment left behind in the patient.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom. ahoschtitzky@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Johann Andreas
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hoschtitzky
authors.forename: Dipesh B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014741:Video Recording