Intestinal obstruction from a forgotten artery forceps: a case report.
68-year-old male patient who had had two previous gall bladder operations presented with an acute abdomen. Upon investigation an Artery Forceps was seen on plain abdominal X-ray, and subsequent laparotomy showed that it entrapped a segment of the small intestine, which was gangrenous. The gangrenous loop was delivered from the forceps followed by resection and end-to-end anastomosis. The patient had an uneventful post-operative period and remained well on follow up twenty four months later.
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Doset Specialist Hospital, P. O. Box 7720, Secretariat, Ibadan.
D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*