Gossypiboma: Its laparoscopic diagnosis and removal

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 304-305

  Singh, Rajpal ^a,b   Mathur, R K ^a   Patidar, Sanjay ^a   Tapkire, Ritesh ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gossypiboma; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GOSSYPIBOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL SPONGE;

EID: 7044264366     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200410000-00017     Document Type: Article

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