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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 84-B, Issue 6, 897-898.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.84B6.13343  
Copyright © 2002 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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AN UNUSUAL CASE OF A POSTOPERATIVE BONE CYST

A. J. Tindall, MRCS, Orthopaedic Clinical Fellow; A. A. Shetty, FRCS, Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar; and C. Rand, FRCS Orth, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, UK

Correspondence should be sent to Mr A. Tindall at the Department of Orthopaedics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.

We describe an unusual case of a postoperative bone cyst resulting from a retained fragment of surgical glove. We highlight some of the problems associated with gloves and suggest ways of safeguarding against similar complications.






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