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Progressive ossification due to retained surgical sponge after upper leg amputation: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Numerous cases are described of patients in whom foreign objects were found after surgery. Foreign body granuloma caused by retained surgical sponge, also called gossypiboma, mostly occur in the abdominal cavity but very seldom in limbs. CASE PRESENTATION: A 29-year-old Caucasian man p...

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Autores principales: Kouwenberg, Irene C, Frölke, Jan Paul M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184688
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8592

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