Gossypiboma - The forgotten swab

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-143

  Jawaid, Masood ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COTTON; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FISTULOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; GOSSYPIBOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL SPONGE;

EID: 0038799818     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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