Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen

Retention of surgical instruments, most commonly small laparotomy sponges, is a known complication of surgery. Such retained instruments may remain silent or may cause a variety of complications. We report a case in which a retained laparotomy towel migrated into the colon. This is an infrequently r...

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Autores principales: Ozyer, Umut, Boyvat, Fatih
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Abdominal Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881091
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54889
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description Retention of surgical instruments, most commonly small laparotomy sponges, is a known complication of surgery. Such retained instruments may remain silent or may cause a variety of complications. We report a case in which a retained laparotomy towel migrated into the colon. This is an infrequently reported complication. We were able to document the passage of the towel through the colon on plain radiographs. The USG and MRI findings are also described.
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spelling pubmed-27668852009-11-20 Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen Ozyer, Umut Boyvat, Fatih Indian J Radiol Imaging Abdominal Imaging Retention of surgical instruments, most commonly small laparotomy sponges, is a known complication of surgery. Such retained instruments may remain silent or may cause a variety of complications. We report a case in which a retained laparotomy towel migrated into the colon. This is an infrequently reported complication. We were able to document the passage of the towel through the colon on plain radiographs. The USG and MRI findings are also described. Medknow Publications 2009-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2766885/ /pubmed/19881091 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54889 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Abdominal Imaging
Ozyer, Umut
Boyvat, Fatih
Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title_full Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title_fullStr Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title_full_unstemmed Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title_short Imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
title_sort imaging of a retained laparotomy towel that migrated into the colon lumen
topic Abdominal Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881091
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.54889
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