title: Foreign body reaction to a retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) mimicking an implant associated sarcoma in a dog after a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy.
abstract: A dog was presented with the complaint of an acute onset left pelvic limb lameness three years after a right tibial plateau levelling osteotomy had been performed. Radiographs taken at the time of presentation showed signs that were consistent with a diagnosis of an implant associated sarcoma. At revision surgery, a retained surgical sponge was identified, leading to a diagnosis of a gossypiboma. This is the first reported case of a gossypiboma as a complication of a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy surgery.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States. corbin.ee@gmail.com
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Corbin
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fick
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: McAbee
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*