Intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiographic detection of a retained surgical sponge

Br J Anaesth. 2011 Feb;106(2):284-5. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeq388.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Surgical Sponges*