Postoperative complications due to a retained surgical sponge

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sarda, A K ^a   Pandey, D ^a   Dhir, U ^a   Neogi, Sushanto ^a,b  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Gastric outlet obstruction; Gossypiboma; Intestinal obstruction; Retained surgical sponge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GLOSSYPIBOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LARGE INTESTINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; COLON DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; MEDICAL ERROR;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 34250899857     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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