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Intra-abdominal propylene suture fragment leading to complete small bowel obstruction: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Propylene sutures are non-absorbable sterile surgical sutures, which when present intra-abdominally act as a foreign body leading to adhesion formation. Post-operative adhesions are a common cause of bowel obstruction, with complete closed loop obstruction presenting as a surgical emer...

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Autores principales: Khanal, Niharika, Thapa, Anjila, Raut, Akash, Ghimire, Bikal, Pradhan, Susan, Shrestha, Sujan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34274756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106174