Retained surgical textilomas occur more often during war

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-426

  Čustović, Ratimira Klarić ^a,b   Krolo, Ivan ^a   Marotti, Miljenko ^a   Babić, Nenad ^a   Karapanda, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Surgery; Surgical sponges; War

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETAINED SURGICAL TEXTILOMA; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL WOUND; WAR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL SPONGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAR;

EID: 4444279729     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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