[Gossypiboma?].
Although not a rare finding in medicine and particularly in surgery, only few know what "gossypiboma" actually means. The author briefly describes a patient found to have a neglicted, missed, surgical gauze in his abdominal cavity and explains the origin of the terms.
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Department of Surgery A, Ichilov Hospital, TASMC, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. nwerb@hotmail.co.il
D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications