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Gossypiboma: its laparoscopic diagnosis and removal
Rajpal Singh1, R K Mathur, Sanjay Patidar
1Department of Surgery, M.G.M. Medical College, M.Y. Hospital, Indore, India. rajpalsingh1@rediffmail.com
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
|October 20, 2004
Abstract:
Retained surgical sponges are an under-reported occurrence. Clinical presentation may be acute or subacute, and may follow months or even years after surgery. We report on a case in which laparoscopy was used to both diagnose and treat a retained surgical sponge.