Transgastric migration of retained intraabdominal surgical sponge: Gossypiboma in the Bulbus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 613-615

  Erdil, Ahmet ^a   Kilciler, Guldem ^a   Ates, Yuksel ^a   Tuzun, Ahmet ^a   Gulsen, Mustafa ^a   Karaeren, Necmettin ^a   Dagalp, Kemal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gossypiboma; Retained surgical sponge; Retained surgical swab; Retained surgical towel; Textiloma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DUODENUM BLEEDING; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL SPONGE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 44849136900     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0391     Document Type: Article

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