Gossypiboma as an unusual cause of altered bowel habit
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Gossypiboma as an unusual cause of altered bowel habit.
DESCRIPTION Gossypiboma is the term for a surgical swab accidentally left inside a patient’s body. It is derived from the Latin word ‘gossypium’ meaning cotton and the Swahili ‘boma’ meaning place of concealment. Gossypiboma has an incidence of 1:1500 for intra-abdominal operations. Common presentations of gossypiboma are abdominal distension, ileus, tenesmus, pain, palpable mass, vomiting, wei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006316