title: Retained Foreign Body: "Needle in a Haystack".
abstract: Retained foreign bodies remain an area of potential patient harm. This case describes a retained needle from distant surgery discovered at the time of the needle count after myomectomy.
authors: From the *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KU School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas; †Departments of Basic Biomedical Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and ‡Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, South Dakota.
authors: Lauren
authors: L
authors: O'Brien
authors: Kathleen M
authors: KM
authors: Eyster
authors: Keith A
authors: KA
authors: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009339:Needles; D012307:Risk Factors; D013525:Surgical Instruments