The sucked surgical sponge: Rare case of Gossypiboma after vaginal hysterectomy

Retained surgical material needs to be a possible differential diagnosis for patients presenting with unspecific abdominal pain after especially cavitary emergency surgery. Even though international standard checklists concerning sponge handling and counting exist, RSM could never be ruled out compl...

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Autores principales: Oehme, Florian, Rühle, Annika, Stickel, Michael, Metzger, Jürg, Gass, Jörn‐Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2074
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Sumario:Retained surgical material needs to be a possible differential diagnosis for patients presenting with unspecific abdominal pain after especially cavitary emergency surgery. Even though international standard checklists concerning sponge handling and counting exist, RSM could never be ruled out completely.

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