Transmural migration of a retained laparotomy sponge

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 603-605

  Dhillon, Jasbir S ^a   Park, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL SPONGE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ILEUM; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; PATHOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 0036633515     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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