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Gossypiboma discovered 24 years after prostate surgery, a forgotten but never forgiven complication
Forgetting gauze or “a surgical drape” inside a patient after surgery is a rare medical error. It can lead to severe complications, high hospital costs and medico-legal implications. As a result, this complication is often not reported, mainly to avoid retaliation and because it can initiate extensi...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9556332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36245560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac464 |