title: Asymptomatic chronically retained gauze in the pelvic cavity.
abstract: Cases of retained surgical guaze are rarely reported because of medico-legal and professional implications. Retained gauze for a period of more than 10 years is even rarer. A case of retained surgical gauze for 11 years, an accidental finding from a plain radiograph of a patient who had sustained proximal femoral fracture, is reported. A review of other reported cases is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, USM, Kubang Kerina, Kelantan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imran
authors.forename: M Z Nor
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Azman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013997:Time Factors