Gossypiboma left behind in a cesarean section ended up with a failed laparotomic excision, which demanded another laparotomy to remove it: a rare case report
Lava Abdullah,
Sihaam Saleh Alsulaiman,
Muhammad Imran
et al.
Abstract:Introduction and importance:
Retained surgical items are an uncommon complication for surgical operations, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 5500 to 1 in 18,000 operations.
Retained surgical sponges are the most common retained surgical items accounting for nearly 70%.
In 1884 Wilson reported the first retained foreign body after laparotomy.
Case presentation:
A 22-year-old woman was referred to our hospital complaining of a fe… Show more
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