Baset GY, Seyar F, Hussain Pour ZH, Karimi QA. Acute Bowel Obstruction Due to Transmural Migration of Gossypiboma: A Case Report.
Int Med Case Rep J 2024;
17:177-180. [PMID:
38524803 PMCID:
PMC10960535 DOI:
10.2147/imcrj.s458658]
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Abstract
gossypiboma is used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation. It remains an unwanted complication of surgical practice that increase morbidity and mortality of the patient and profound medico legal problems. Intra-abdominal gossypiboma can migrate in to the ileum, stomach, colon or bladder without any apparent opening in the wall of these luminal organs. Vigilant sponge counting during procedures and thorough exploration prior to closure of the abdomen, are essential practices to avoid such occurrences. Herein we present a case of gossypiboma in a 26-year old woman that was in the lumen of small bowel and caused acute intestinal obstruction.
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