Gossypiboma revisited: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 417-418

  Zbar, A P ^a,c   Agrawal, A ^a   Saeed, I T ^b   Utidjian, M R A ^b  

^a Oldchurch and Harold Wood Hospitals Romford   (United Kingdom)

^b Oldchurch and Harold Wood Hospitals Romford   (United Kingdom)

^c Surgical Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gossypiboma; Surgical sponges

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPONGE; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 0032450049     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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