Suture Removal Forceps

Laparoscopic Removal of an Artery Forceps

Numerous foreign bodies, such as surgical gauze, pads and instruments, and other items, have been left behind in the abdominal cavity during open surgeries. These have been traditionally removed at redo open surgeries. Here we describe a case of an artery forceps left behind at a previous surgery (open cholecystectomy and appendicectomy) performed 5 years earlier that was removed by laparoscopy.

Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture

Letters Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture Editor, Cervical incompetence is diagnosed in 0.1-1% of all pregnancies and in 8% of women with repeated (two or more) mid-trimester pregnancy loss. 1 Cervical cerclage should be offered to patients with three or more pregnancies ending before 37 weeks gestation 2 as there is a strong body of clinical evidence suggesting that cervical ce...

Laparoscopic Removal of Retained Artery Forceps Causing Internal Hernia

rarer. Retained artery forceps remain inert and induce their effects through mechanical means giving rise to pressure effects resulting in abdominal pain or direct tissue/viscous injury leading to tissue strangulation or perforation of viscous leading to for example peritonitis or vascular injury resulting in hemorrhage [1]. The clinical presentation of retained intra-abdominal foreign material...

Removal of broken fragment of biopsy forceps with magnetic extractor.

Transbronchial lung biopsy performed on a 51-year-old woman for the evaluation of nodular densities with cavities in the bilateral apical areas was complicated by the breakage of the biopsy forceps. The broken fragment of the forceps was successfully retrieved by use of the magnetic extractor through a fiberoptic bronchoscope under fluoroscopic guidance.

Removal of impacted rectal foreign body with obstetric forceps.