title: An extremely rare complication of varicose vein surgery: retained foreign body.
abstract: Foreign body is among complications of surgery. But as a complication of varicose vein surgery it was reported extremely rarely and, to our knowledge, there is only one paper in the literature. A case with retained sponge which was detected five months after varicose vein surgery was presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Cardiac Surgery, Derince Research and Educational Hospital, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fındık
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Cardiac Surgery, Derince Research and Educational Hospital, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Cardiac Surgery, Derince Research and Educational Hospital, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cağrı
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Düzyol
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Cardiac Surgery, Derince Research and Educational Hospital, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barış
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Cardiac Surgery, Derince Research and Educational Hospital, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cevdet Uğur
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Koçoğulları