Gossypiboma Paper

Your presentation had lots of great information that was easy to read and clearly defined. I never heard of the term gossypiboma, so that was a teaching point. As you mentioned in your presentation, gossypiboma is a retained swab in the body cavity after an operation. This 'never' event causes an exudative inflammatory response with formation of an abscess, or aseptic fibrotic reaction to develop a mass that leads to future complications (Lata, Sahu, & Kapoor, 2011). Gossypiboma increases morbidity and mortality of the patient, cost of treatment, and legal problems for the surgeon and the organization. The NoThing Left Behind: A National Surgical Patient-Safety Project to Prevent Retained Surgical Items (RSI) initiative in collaboration with