TY - JOUR
T1 - Necessity of a Good Surgical History
T2 - Detection of a Gossypiboma
AU - Coleman, Jo Ann
AU - Wolfgang, Christopher L.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Any patient with a history of previous surgery is at risk for having a gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge (RSS). An instrument or sponge left in a patient after surgery is a ubiquitous medical error and continues to be a patient safety and surgical quality issue. The incidence of RSSs, various clinical presentations, imaging characteristics, management of clinical consequences, cost, and legal ramifications are reviewed. The nurse practitioner plays an important role in obtaining a thorough surgical history and should consider an RSS in the differential diagnosis of any postsurgical patient with an unresolved or unusual complaint.
AB - Any patient with a history of previous surgery is at risk for having a gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge (RSS). An instrument or sponge left in a patient after surgery is a ubiquitous medical error and continues to be a patient safety and surgical quality issue. The incidence of RSSs, various clinical presentations, imaging characteristics, management of clinical consequences, cost, and legal ramifications are reviewed. The nurse practitioner plays an important role in obtaining a thorough surgical history and should consider an RSS in the differential diagnosis of any postsurgical patient with an unresolved or unusual complaint.
KW - Gossypiboma
KW - Patient safety
KW - Retained surgical sponge
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2013.02.021
DO - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2013.02.021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877080786
SN - 1555-4155
VL - 9
SP - 277
EP - 282
JO - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
IS - 5
ER -