title: [Textile foreign bodies left in the abdomen].
abstract: The authors relate eleven cases of forgotten foreign bodies (5 swabs and 6 laparotomy pads) in the abdomen after laparotomies for biliary and digestive (5 cases), gynaecologic (3 cases), or abdominal-wall (3 cases) diseases. Ten patients recovered after surgical extraction of foreign bodies (morbidity: 2 cases) and one patient died before reoperation. This study emphasizes the severity of this complication which can and should be prevented.
authors: Service de Chirurgie B, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Slim
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ben Slimane
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Dziri
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Mzabi
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015503:Surgical Sponges
vernacular_title: Les corps étrangers textiles oubliés dans l'abdomen.