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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug 7;184(11):1275-8.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110900. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

The lost sponge: patient safety in the operating room

Amanda Grant-Orser  1 , Paul Davies, Sukhbir Sony Singh
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Case Reports

The lost sponge: patient safety in the operating room

Amanda Grant-Orser et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Radiograph obtained after laparotomy for suspected small-bowel obstruction to help locate a retained surgical sponge. Because of the limited imaging area, localization of the sponge was not possible.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Follow-up investigation with computed tomography. Scan shows radiopaque sponge in the lesser sac below the greater curvature of the stomach (arrow).
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