"Surgical Sponges" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Sponges" by people in Profiles.
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Hallock GG, Cipolle MD, Bradow BP. Enterocutaneous fistula associated with an unrecognized retained vacuum-assisted closure sponge. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Aug; 122(2):84e-85e.
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Sullivan MM, Puolakkainen PA, Barker TH, Funk SE, Sage EH. Altered tissue repair in hevin-null mice: inhibition of fibroblast migration by a matricellular SPARC homolog. Wound Repair Regen. 2008 Mar-Apr; 16(2):310-9.
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Järveläinen H, Puolakkainen P, Pakkanen S, Brown EL, Höök M, Iozzo RV, Sage EH, Wight TN. A role for decorin in cutaneous wound healing and angiogenesis. Wound Repair Regen. 2006 Jul-Aug; 14(4):443-52.
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Lee JY, Zeiller S, Voltaggio L, Lim MR, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Anderson DG, Albert TJ. Histological analysis of a displaced femoral ring allograft spacer filled with a recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2-soaked collagen sponge. A case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Oct; 87(10):2318-22.