title: Retained intra-abdominal surgical clamp complicating emergency laparotomy: incidental finding on hysterosalpingogram for evaluation of tubal infertility.
abstract: The finding of intraperitoneal foreign body complicating surgical intervention broadly remains as an issue of safety in the operative room, a source of emotive concern for the patient, and an upsetting but equally embarrassing situation to the surgeon and the team. However, in the media world, it is a source of sumptuous and captivating headline on the newspaper and to the legal profession, an attractive case to prosecute. A middle age teacher presented with secondary infertility. She had emergency laparotomy fifteen years ago for ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy in a private hospital and postoperative period was uneventful. Amongst other investigations to find out the cause of infertility, she had hysterosalpingography and a radio-opaque clamp was visualized on the films. She was counselled and had laparotomy. A pair of surgical Kocher clamps was retrieved buried in the mesentery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 204, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Adebiyi Gbadebo
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Adesiyun
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 204, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Nkeiruka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ameh
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 204, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Hajaratu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Umar-Sullayman
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 204, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avidime
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 204, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Rabia't
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aliyu