Asiyanbola Bola
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Technol Health Care. 2012;20(5):387-93. doi: 10.3233/THC-2012-00700.
The postoperatively retained foreign body (PORFB) can induce complications leading to the need for follow-up surgery to ensure its removal, to treat or prevent the formation of an abscess, and to minimize the risk of death for the patient and liability for the surgeon and hospital. The most common cause of PORFB complications is the surgical sponge. Previously, PORFB prevention was focused on improved efficiency in RFB counting; however, because of the inability to entirely eliminate human error, cost, and the potentially unproven patient outcome improvement, new approaches have been sought. We examined the use of a novel bioengineered, biodegradable sponge (BSS) to reduce the risk of complications due to PORFBs, thus potentially improving patient outcomes.
术后残留异物（PORFB）可引发并发症，从而需要进行后续手术以确保将其取出、治疗或预防脓肿形成，并将患者死亡风险及外科医生和医院的责任降至最低。PORFB并发症最常见的原因是手术海绵。此前，预防PORFB主要集中在提高手术中纱布清点的效率；然而，由于无法完全消除人为误差、成本以及患者预后改善可能未得到证实等问题，人们一直在寻求新的方法。我们研究了一种新型生物工程可生物降解海绵（BSS）的使用，以降低PORFB导致并发症的风险，从而有可能改善患者预后。
