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Trans-visceral migration of retained surgical gauze as a cause of intestinal obstruction: a case report

INTRODUCTION: A retained surgical sponge in the abdomen is uncommon although it is likely that this finding is underreported in the medical literature. The intravisceral migration of retained surgical gauze is even rarer, as demonstrated by the very few cases reported. CASE PRESENTATION: Three years...

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Autores principales: Grassi, Nello, Cipolla, Calogero, Torcivia, Adriana, Bottino, Alessandro, Fiorentino, Eugenio, Ficano, Leonardo, Pantuso, Gianni
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2249600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18218083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-17