Abstract
Although not a rare finding in medicine and particularly in surgery, only few know what "gossypiboma" actually means. The author briefly describes a patient found to have a neglected, missed, surgical gauze in his abdominal cavity and explains the origin of the terms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 606+629 |
| Journal | Harefuah |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| State | Published - Aug 2006 |
Keywords
- Gossypiboma
- Surgery
- Surgical gauze