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Radio-frequency identification of surgical sponges in the abdominal cavity of pigs

BACKGROUND: Counting the sponges is an important step in surgical procedures. A miscount may impact the patient's health, and it also has legal implications for the surgeon. This is an experimental study evaluating radio-frequency technology used in the perioperative period to identify surgical...

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Autores principales: Wiederkehr, Julio Cesar, Gama, Ricardo R., Wiederkehr, Henrique A., Stelmasuk, Kleber, Carvalho, Caroline A., Wiederkehr, Barbara A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2014.03.002