Complete migration of retained surgical sponge into ileum without sign of open intestinal wall

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-104

  Silva, C S ^a   Caetano, M R ^a   Silva, E A W ^a   Falco, L ^a   Murta, E F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Foreign body; Intestinal obstruction; Spontaneous closure of intestinal wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; SPONGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 0035017428     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040000141     Document Type: Article

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