[Textile foreign bodies retained in the abdomen].
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.
Slim
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Ben Slimane
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Dziri
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Mzabi
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D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013526:Surgical Mesh
Les corps étrangers textiles oubliés dans l'abdomen.