title: Left behind: unintentionally retained surgically placed foreign bodies and how to reduce their incidence--self-assessment module.
abstract: The educational objectives of this self-assessment module are for the reader to exercise, self-assess, and improve his or her skills in diagnostic radiology with respect to the imaging of unintentionally retained surgically placed foreign bodies and to develop a standardized approach to the request for intraoperative imaging to rule out a foreign body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. whangg@usc.edu
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whang
authors.forename: Greg T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Mogel
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012307:Risk Factors; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed