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Transabdominal Migration of Retained Surgical Sponge [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Retained surgical sponge (RSS) is a rare surgical complication. The RSSs are mostly located intra-abdominally but they can also be left in the thorax, spine, extremity, cranium, and breast.
Ali Guner +3 more
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Transmigration of a retained surgical sponge: a case report [PDF]
Patient Safety in Surgery, 2018 Background A retained surgical sponge remains a dreaded complication of modern surgery. Despite the increasing focus on patient safety instances of “a sponge being left in the abdomen”, are all too common in popular media.
Tushar Patial +4 more
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Gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge) induces septic shock after previous breast surgery: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 Foreign body granuloma caused by retained surgical sponge is also called gossypiboma or textiloma, is mostly described in the abdominal cavity, with only a very few cases of retained surgical sponges located in breasts.
Pin-Keng Shih
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Urinary Retention as the Only Symptom of Retained Surgical Sponge (Gossypiboma), 29 Years After Cesarean Procedure [PDF]
Urology Case Reports, 2017 A 68 year old lady presented to urology department suffering from acute urinary retention. The U/S revealed hydronephrosis in left kidney and a mass at the left side of the small pelvis which pushed forward the uterus and the bladder.
Charalampos Konstantinidis +1 more
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Gossypiboma: Retained Surgical Sponge after a Gynecologic Procedure [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal mass. She had undergone a caesarean operation 23 years previously. The mass in the right abdominal quadrant was suspected by abdominal computed tomography
Aziz Sümer +6 more
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011 Background: A 36-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of vomiting, loss of appetite and gastric pain radiating to the back. He denied fever and diarrhea.
P Dewachter +3 more
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Retained Surgical Sponges (Gossypiboma)
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2005 Retained surgical sponges are seldom reported due to medicolegal implications. Awareness of this problem among surgeons and radiologists is essential to avoid unnecessary morbidity.
Kamal E. Bani-Hani +2 more
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Retained Surgical Sponge Presenting Four Decades Later as a Rapidly Growing Soft Tissue Mass [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2020 Retained surgical items continue to occur despite widespread implementation of prevention systems such as the surgical count, which has limited utility owing to its reliance on human performance.
Adriana Y. Koek
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Retained surgical sponge: An enigma
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013 Retained surgical sponge in the body following a surgery is called "gossypiboma". A 27-year-old female who had undergone lower segment cesarean section 4 months earlier was admitted with complaints of pain abdomen with a palpable mass in left iliac fossa.
Gurjit Singh +2 more
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Gossypiboma‐Induced Acute Abdomen Highlighting the Importance of Surgical Safety Protocols: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsGossypiboma, the medical term for a retained surgical sponge, is a rare but serious postoperative complication, accounting for nearly 50% of malpractice claims related to retained foreign bodies.
Priyanka Panwar +4 more
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