Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab
Surgical sponges are the most common retained foreign bodies following surgery. The morbidity of this condition is illustrated herein with the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a history of myomectomy 5 months before her admission into our unit for enterocutaneous fistula. Although imaging a...
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| description | Surgical sponges are the most common retained foreign bodies following surgery. The morbidity of this condition is illustrated herein with the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a history of myomectomy 5 months before her admission into our unit for enterocutaneous fistula. Although imaging and etiological investigations were made, diagnosis was carried out only by laparotomy. The foreign body found was an abdominal swab that migrated from abdominal cavity to the colon causing several intestinal injuries. The lack of specific clinical signs and the death of the patient raise the necessity of preventing these complications that involve the surgeon liability. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8d88bf4431db4dcb8387770240b36a822025-08-20T03:37:56ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/39625063962506Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal SwabBoyodi Tchangai0Fousseni Alassani1Mazamesso Tchaou2Department of Surgery, Teaching Hospital of Sylvanus Olympio, Lome, TogoDepartment of Surgery, Teaching Hospital of Sylvanus Olympio, Lome, TogoDepartment of Radiology, Teaching Hospital of Sylvanus Olympio, Lome, TogoSurgical sponges are the most common retained foreign bodies following surgery. The morbidity of this condition is illustrated herein with the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a history of myomectomy 5 months before her admission into our unit for enterocutaneous fistula. Although imaging and etiological investigations were made, diagnosis was carried out only by laparotomy. The foreign body found was an abdominal swab that migrated from abdominal cavity to the colon causing several intestinal injuries. The lack of specific clinical signs and the death of the patient raise the necessity of preventing these complications that involve the surgeon liability.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3962506 |
| spellingShingle | Boyodi Tchangai Fousseni Alassani Mazamesso Tchaou Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab |
| title_full | Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab |
| title_fullStr | Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab |
| title_short | Unusual Complication following a Myomectomy: Colic Migration of a Forgotten Abdominal Swab |
| title_sort | unusual complication following a myomectomy colic migration of a forgotten abdominal swab |
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