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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 397-399 |
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Gossypiboma: An important preventable cause of morbidity
Umesh C Parashari, Sachin Khanduri, Sugandha Saxena, Samarjit Bhadury
Department of Radio Diagnosis, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Umesh C Parashari
Department of Radio Diagnosis, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.102087
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An uncommon complication of any surgery is iatrogenic retained foreign body. This condition is gossypibomas. In this case report, we present cases of middle-aged females who had undergone total abdominal hysterectomy and came to us with feature of intestinal obstruction. She was diagnosed radiologically, and later a review surgery was performed. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality of this condition. It is to emphasize that any post-operative patient who present to us with complaints of pain or obstruction, the differential diagnosis must include retained foreign body (gossypibomas). |
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