Unintended retention of a ruptured radiopaque thread extending from the corner of a gauze during laparoscopy

Small gauze is used in laparoscopy; therefore, retention of gauze can occur. We experienced a case of retention of a radiopaque thread that ruptured from a piece of gauze and moved into the peritoneum during a scheduled laparoscopy. The patient was a 65-year-old woman who underwent laparoscopic-assi...

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Published in:Patient Saf Surg
Main Authors: Oshima, Yoshiaki, Yamamoto, Osamu, Otsuki, Akihiro, Tokunaga, Saori, Ueda, Keiichiro, Inagaki, Yoshimi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Letter to the Editor
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727341/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508150
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-019-0209-1
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