title: [Textile foreign bodies retained 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.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ben Slimane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dziri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mzabi
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Les corps étrangers textiles oubliés dans l'abdomen.