Laparoscopic Retrieval of Intra-Abdominal Foreign Bodies

Intra-abdominal foreign bodies can be either secondary to ingestion or trans-abdominal wall migration. They pose a challenge in diagnosis as well as management. Most ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract uneventfully [1-7]. Only a small percentage are symptomatic either causing perforation or obstruction. Similarly, foreign bodies can migrate into the abdominal cavity through the abdominal wall and come to lie in the intra-peritoneal or extraperitoneal space. In this report we describe two cases where both intra-peritoneal and extra-peritoneal foreign bodies were removed laparoscopically.