title: Strangulated intestinal obstruction due to forgotten eroding laparotomy pad.
abstract: Small-bowel obstruction from impacted intraluminal foreign body after laparotomy is encountered but rarely. This report presents a case in which a laparotomy pad left in the abdomen caused strangulated intestinal obstruction after cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University Hospital, Kolejtepe, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gökalp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sanal
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maralcan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aybasti
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erkol
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015503:Surgical Sponges