CT of retained surgical sponges (textilomas): Pitfalls in detection and evaluation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 919-923

  Kopka, Lars ^a   Fischer, Uwe ^a   Gross, Andreas J ^a   Funke, Matthias ^a   Oestmann, Joerg W ^a   Grabbe, Eckhardt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdomen, surgery; Computed tomography; Foreign bodies; Surgery, complications

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GASES; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN, SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODIES; GAS BUBBLE; IN-VITRO; RADIOPAQUE MARKERS; SURGERY, COMPLICATION; TYPICAL PATTERNS; VITRO STUDIES; WATER BATHS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE;

EID: 0029805932     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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