title: "Count on me!": urgent public health and safety policies to avoid complications associated with foreign body retention in neurosurgical procedures, with special attention to "miscellaneous small items".
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Illinois Neurological Institute, Peoria, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: tobiasmattei@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Tobias A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical League, Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Goulart
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*