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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.001
eISSN: 1857-9655
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Retained Surgical Foreign Bodies
after Surgery
Valon A. Zejnullahu1, Besnik X. Bicaj2,
Vjosa A. Zejnullahu2, Astrit R. Hamza2*
1General Hospital of Mitrovica, Department of Surgery, Kosovska
Mitrovica, Kosovo; 2Department of Abdominal Surgery, University
Clinical Centre of Kosovo, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
The problem of retained surgical bodies (RSB) after surgery is an issue for
surgeons, hospitals and the entire medical team. They have potentially
harmful consequences for the patient as they can be life threatening and
usually, a further operation is necessary. The incidence of RSB is between
0.3 to 1.0 per 1,000 abdominal operations, and they occur due to a lack of
organisation and communication between surgical staff during the process.
Typically, the RSB are surgical sponges and instruments located in the
abdomen, retroperitoneum and pelvis.
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Citation: Zejnullahu VA, Bicaj BX, Zejnullahu VA, Hamza
AR. Retained Surgical Foreign Bodies after Surgery. Open Access Maced J Med
Sci. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.005
Keywords: Retained surgical bodies (RSB); surgical sponge; surgical
instruments; foreign bodies.
*Correspondence: Astrit Hamza, PhD. Department of General Surgery,
University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo. Phone: +377 44 385
474. E-mail: astrithamza@yahoo.com
Received: 07-Nov-2016; Revised: 17-Dec-2016; Accepted: 19-Dec-2016; Online
first: 05-Jan-2017
Copyright: © 2017 Valon A. Zejnullahu, Besnik X. Bicaj, Vjosa A.
Zejnullahu, Astrit R. Hamza. This is an open-access article distributed
under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
International License (CC
BY-NC 4.0).
Funding: This research did not receive any financial support.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing
interests exist.
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