Left behind: unintentionally retained surgically placed foreign bodies and how to reduce their incidence--self-assessment module.
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.
Whang
Gilbert
G
Department of Radiology, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. whangg@usc.edu
Mogel
Greg T
GT
Tsai
Jerome
J
Palmer
Suzanne L
SL
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