Table 1 Type of Unintentionally Retained Sponges (N = 319)
Type of sponge | Sponges | Radiopaque | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | %a | |
Laparotomy | 83 | 26.0 | 83 | 100.0 |
4 X 4/ 4 X 8/ raytec | 54 | 16.9 | 44 | 81.5 |
Towel | 11 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Cottonoid | 5 | 1.6 | 5 | 100.0 |
Kerlix | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Peanut | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 100.0 |
Tonsil | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 100.0 |
4 × 10 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 100.0 |
2 × 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 160 | 50.2 | 64 | 40.0 |
Total | 319 | 100 | 199 | 62.4 |