Gossypiboma â€" the retained surgical swab: An enduring clinical challenge

• Principais autores: Ruvashni Naidoo (Autor), B Singh (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: South African Medical Association, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
• Acesso em linha: Connect to this object online.

Retained abdominal swabs remain a difficult problem. This review highlights the risk factors and index pathology, as well as markers that raise clinical suspicion, of a condition that may be elusive in presentation on account of its otherwise nonspecific signs and symptoms. A review of the Engli...