Author/Authors :
Karakaş, Dursun Özgür Ağrı Asker Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey , Yılmaz, İbrahim Gelibolu Asker Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey , Sücüllü, İlker Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi (GATA) - Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey , Yücel, Ergün Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi (GATA) - Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey , Balta, Ahmet Ziya Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi (GATA) - Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey , Özdemir, Yavuz Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi (GATA) - Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Genel Cerrahi Servisi, Turkey
Abstract :
Gossypiboma is uncommon and used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation. Although, intestinal obstruction occurs frequently after postoperative adhesions, gossyipiboma can be seen as a rare cause. In this article, we report an 80 year-old woman who was operated for mechanical bowel obstruction depending on a migrated surgical sponge into ileum lumen which retained 20 years ago.
