Retained surgical items and minimally invasive surgery.

Verna C Gibbs

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Retained surgical items and minimally invasive surgery.

September 28, 2011

Gibbs VC. World J Surg. 2011;35(7):1532-9.

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This commentary discusses retained surgical objects as a systems issue and provides suggestions to prevent such incidents.

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