Structured Summary
Abstract
Inanimate objects that become enclosed in the body.
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- Foreign Objects
- Bodies, Foreign
- Body, Foreign
- Foreign Body
- Foreign Object
- Object, Foreign
- Objects, Foreign
- Gossypiboma
- Retained Surgical Instruments
- Retained Surgical Items
- Retained Surgical Needle
- Retained Surgical Sponge
- Retained Surgical Tools
- Textiloma
- Gossypibomas
- Retained Surgical Instrument
- Retained Surgical Item
- Retained Surgical Needles
- Retained Surgical Sponges
- Retained Surgical Tool
- Surgical Instrument, Retained
- Surgical Instruments, Retained
- Surgical Item, Retained
- Surgical Items, Retained
- Surgical Needle, Retained
- Surgical Needles, Retained
- Surgical Sponge, Retained
- Surgical Sponges, Retained
- Surgical Tool, Retained
- Surgical Tools, Retained
- Textilomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with organ (IM), not organ/disease; EYE FOREIGN BODIES is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Foreign Bodies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005547. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005547
- Foreign Bodies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_body
- Foreign Bodies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1455142