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A new device for the detection of sponges and other foreign objects left accidentally in the operative field
F Marincola1, D Siao, E Marincola
1Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
A new cost-effective device for the detection of sponges and other instruments left accidentally in the surgical field is presented. This device has 100 per cent sensitivity rate in the initial tests. It is extremely simple and rapid and does not require the use of radiation or other harmful techniques.