Transabdominal Migration of Retained Surgical Sponge
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Transabdominal Migration of Retained Surgical Sponge
Retained surgical sponge (RSS) is a rare surgical complication. The RSSs are mostly located intra-abdominally but they can also be left in the thorax, spine, extremity, cranium, and breast. RSS is often difficult to diagnose because of the nonspecific clinical symptoms and radiologic findings. Clinically, RSS may present as an exudative reaction in the early postoperative period or may also cau...
متن کاملRetained surgical sponge.
Background: A 36-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of vomiting, loss of appetite and gastric pain radiating to the back. He denied fever and diarrhea. His medical record includes a Billroth-II procedure in another hospital for gastric lymphoma in 1992, hepatitis C and ferriprive anemia. Vital signs in the emergency department were normal. The abdomen was s...
متن کاملGossypiboma--retained surgical sponge.
Intra-abdominal retained surgical sponge is an uncommon surgical error. Herein, we report a 92-year-old woman who was brought to the emergency room for acute urinary retention. She had a history of vaginal hysterectomy for uterine prolapse 18 years previously, performed at our hospital. Retained surgical sponge in the pelvic cavity was suspected by abdominal computed tomography. The surgical ga...
متن کاملIntraluminal migration of retained surgical sponge as a cause of intestinal obstruction
Despite near-universal implementation of protocols for surgical sponges, instruments and needles, incidents of retained surgical foreign bodies (RSFB) continue to be a significant patient safety challenge. We report a case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with small intestinal obstruction caused by complete intraluminal migration of a retained surgical sponge into the intestine 9 months aft...
متن کاملComplete transmural migration of a retained surgical sponge: an atypical case in image mimicking intussusception
RATIONALE Intraluminal migration of a retained surgical sponge causing intestinal obstruction and fistula is extremely rare occurrence. PATIENT CONCERNS A case of a 35-year-old male, who complaining a diffuse abdominal pain beginning three days earlier. He also complained of occasional vomiting, nonspecific abdominal pain, and an unintentional 15 kg weight loss during the past 2 years. Howeve...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2012/249859