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MeSH Heading: Foreign Bodies
Tree Number(s): C26.392
Unique ID: D005547
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005547
Annotation: coordinate IM with organ (IM), not organ/disease; EYE FOREIGN BODIES is also available
Scope Note: Inanimate objects that become enclosed in the body.
Entry Term(s): Foreign Objects; Gossypiboma; Retained Surgical Instruments; Retained Surgical Items; Retained Surgical Needle; Retained Surgical Sponge; Retained Surgical Tools; Textiloma
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000600119
Terms: Retained Surgical Items Preferred Term
Term UI T000871466
Date12/01/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Retained Surgical Tools
Term UI T000871467
Date12/01/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Retained Surgical Instruments
Term UI T000871468
Date12/01/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Retained Surgical Needle
Term UI T000871469
Date12/01/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

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