Retained sponge after abdominal surgery

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 640-643

  Ahmad, Gulzar ^a   Attiq ur Rehman, Sheikh ^a,b   Anjum, Muhammad Zulfiqar ^a  

^a BAHAWAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gossypiboma; Intraabdominal foreign bodies; Retained surgical sponge

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL SPONGE;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346968340     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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