Intestinal Obstruction and Ileocolic Fistula due to Intraluminal Migration of a Gossypiboma

Gossypiboma refers, as a term, to a retained surgical sponge. It is considered as a rare surgical complication which can occur despite precautions. We report a case of a 36-year-old woman who was admitted to our surgical department with symptoms of abdominal pain associated with episodes of nausea a...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Margonis, Dionysia Vasdeki, Alexandros Diamantis, Georgios Koukoulis, Grigorios Christodoulidis, Konstantinos Tepetes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3258782
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