Retained surgical sponge

Surgical foreign bodies are retained more commonly than is suspected. About 50% will become symptomatic in the form of erosion into the bowel or vessels, fistulae, abscesses, obstruction, bleeding, or chronic pain. Expeditious removal is recommended. Laparoscopic retrieval is feasible especially if discovered early.

[1]  R. Baird,et al.  Surgical Sponges: A Cause of Granuloma and Adhesion Formation , 1967, Annals of surgery.

[2]  K. Robinson,et al.  Erosion of retained surgical sponges into the intestine. , 1966, The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine.

[3]  W Rappaport,et al.  The retained surgical sponge following intra-abdominal surgery. A continuing problem. , 1990, Archives of surgery.

[4]  F. Mettler,et al.  CT appearance of a surgically retained towel (gossypiboma). , 1986, Journal of computer assisted tomography.

[5]  J. Childers,et al.  Laparoscopic retrieval of a retained surgical sponge: a case report. , 1993, Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques.

[6]  L. Mason.  Migration of surgical sponge into small intestine. , 1968, JAMA.

[7]  D. Bragg,et al.  Gossypiboma--the problem of the retained surgical sponge. , 1978, Radiology.