Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Lost surgical specimens

D J Hill1, P J Maher, E C Wood

  • 1Endosurgery Unit, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, Australia.

The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
|February 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Surgical specimens can be lost in the peritoneal cavity, sometimes requiring laparotomy. Prevention is the most effective strategy to avoid this surgical complication.

Related Experiment Videos

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Microvasculature of the Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans in Health and Diabetes.

Handbook of experimental pharmacology·2026
Same author

Assessment of the current performance of grazing infrastructure across Irish dairy farms.

Journal of dairy science·2023
Same author

ARAX: a graph-based modular reasoning tool for translational biomedicine.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2023
Same author

RTX-KG2: a system for building a semantically standardized knowledge graph for translational biomedicine.

BMC bioinformatics·2022
Same author

The unexplored role of sedentary time and physical activity in glucose and lipid metabolism-related placental mRNAs in pregnant women who are obese: the DALI lifestyle randomised controlled trial.

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology·2021
Same author

Metabolic phenotypes of early gestational diabetes mellitus and their association with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association·2020

Area of Science:

  • Surgical pathology
  • Abdominal surgery

Background:

  • Surgical specimens are occasionally lost within the peritoneal cavity during procedures.
  • This complication can necessitate further surgical intervention, such as laparotomy.