"Surgical Sponges" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Gauze material used to absorb body fluids during surgery. Referred to as GOSSYPIBOMA if accidentally retained in the body following surgery.
| Descriptor ID |
D015503
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.740
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| Concept/Terms |
Surgical Sponges- Surgical Sponges
- Surgical Sponge
- Sponge, Surgical
- Sponges, Surgical
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Sponges" by people in Profiles.
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Ileal conduit gossypiboma. J Urol. 2012 Feb; 187(2):686-7.
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Case 1--2009. Retrocardiac sponge-induced hemodynamic instability after cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009 Feb; 23(1):102-9.
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Treatment of periprosthetic soft tissue infection of the groin following vascular surgical procedures by means of a polyvinyl alcohol-vacuum sponge system. Wound Repair Regen. 2003 Mar-Apr; 11(2):104-9.
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Liver-derived dendritic cells induce donor-specific hyporesponsiveness: use of sponge implant as a cell transplant model. Cell Transplant. 2001; 10(3):343-50.
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[Is primary would closure in septic pediatric surgery contraindicated?]. Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1997; 114:1350-2.