Question: What are the identifiable risk factors for retained foreign bodies in surgical
patients? Design: Case–control study. Setting: A malpractice insurance agency and 10 …

Background Risk factors for medical errors remain poorly understood. We performed a case–
control study of retained foreign bodies in surgical patients in order to identify risk factors for …

BACKGROUND: Medical errors during surgery are not well studied. To define risk factors
associated with this type of error, we performed a case control analysis. METHODS: We …

Given the increasing complexity of both the modern health care environment and the overall
patient population, reduction of medical errors is a high priority task for health policy makers …

Introduction. Retained surgical foreign bodies (RSFB) constitute a theoretically preventable
surgical morbidity. Despite numerous case reports and clinical series, very few studies exist …

Objective A review was performed to investigate the frequency of occurrence and outcome
of patients who have retained surgical sponges. Methods Closed case records from the files …

Retained foreign bodies (RFB) are a rare but devastating and preventable complication in
surgery. Despite an increasing body of literature over the last decade, it has been difficult …

Retention of surgical instruments is a possible complication of surgery; moreover, its
occurrence has typically been used to denote poor surgical care on the part of the individual …

The number of foreign bodies remaining in the patient after a surgical procedure is
presumably higher than mentioned in the literature. According to US insurance statistics, the …

284 Curr Probl Surg, May 2007 required to reduce our errors to zero. Surgeons must take
the lead in the prevention of RSI. Surgeons should place only radiologically detectable items …