Affiliations: [a] Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA | [b] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA | [c] Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Corresponding author: B. Asiyanbola, MD., MRCS, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. E-mail: basiyan@hotmail.com.
Abstract: Post operative retained foreign bodies are a rare but recalcitrant problem. We detail reports of interventions over the last two centuries and review the most current interventions using automated data identity capture and computer aided detection. This was one of earliest areas in which multidisciplinary collaboration was achieved in patient safety. This multidisciplinary collaboration was unique because most other initiatives had been internal: among the disciplines working in the OR i.e. surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists; this collaboration, to achieve optimal patient safety at that point in time was between surgeons and radiologists to ensure a lack of post operative retained foreign bodies.
Keywords: X-rays, postoperative retained foreign bodies, automated data identification capture
