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Postoperative complications due to a retained surgical sponge.
Sarda AK, Pandey D, Neogi S, Dhir U. Singapore Med J. 2007;48:e160-e164.

The authors share three case reports of retained surgical sponges and discuss the clinical actions taken to respond to this type of error.
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