surgical sponges

Preferred Label : surgical sponges;

MeSH definition : Gauze material used to absorb body fluids during surgery. Referred to as gossypiboma if accidentally retained in the body following surgery.;

MeSH synonym : surgical sponge; sponge, surgical; sponges, surgical;

MeSH annotation : surgical sponge accidentally left in the surgical field: coordinate with GOSSYPIBOMA see FOREIGN BODIES;

Details

Origin ID

D015503;

UMLS CUI

C0038937;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Surgical sponge (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Indexing information
- TachoSil [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- surgical sponges [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Surgical sponge (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]

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