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Case Reports
. 1986 Apr;18(4):496-8.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-198604000-00023.

Identification of a retained surgical sponge using magnetic resonance imaging

M W Nabors, M E McCrary, R J Clemente, F J Albanna, R H Lesnik, T G Pait, A I Kobrine
Case Reports

Identification of a retained surgical sponge using magnetic resonance imaging

M W Nabors et al. Neurosurgery. 1986 Apr.

Abstract

We report a patient who had a spinal abscess due to a retained surgical sponge. Through the use of magnetic resonance imaging, the sponge was identified. Postoperative foreign body complications are discussed.

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