title: A case of abdominal textiloma following gynecologic surgery at the Yaounde Central Hospital, Cameroon.
abstract: Textiloma is the inadvertent retention of a textile foreign body on the surgical site. It is a rare complication of surgery but which carries severe consequences for both patients and surgeons in terms of morbi-mortality and medico-legal procedures respectively. We herein report the case of an abdominal textiloma in a 42 year old woman who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy for symptomatic leiomyomas. We also depict the errors that led to this mishap in a tertiary hospital in Yaounde (Cameroon). The textiloma was recognized six weeks after the causative surgery and removed by laparotomy without further complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Yaoundé Central Hospital - Cameroon ; Research, Education and Health Development Associate's Group (REHDAG), Dschang, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Florent Ymele
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Fouelifack
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I - Cameroon.
authors.forename: Jovanny Tsuala
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fouogue
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Yaoundé Central Hospital - Cameroon ; Faculty of Medicine and biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I - Cameroon.
authors.forename: Jeanne Hortence
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fouedjio
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I - Cameroon ; Head of the Unit of the Yaoundé Gyneco-obstetrics and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Zacharie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sando
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D019300:Medical Errors; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015503:Surgical Sponges
keywords: Cameroon; Textiloma; surgery