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.

evaluation of causes and results of laparoscopy in kosar hospital     nanbakhsh f [1] , mohaddesi h [2] *, yegansangi m [3] , mazloomi p [4]    received: 24 may, 2011 accepted: 6 july, 2011   abstract  background & aims: in the last 30 years, gynecologic laparoscopy has become a major surgical tool used to treat a multitude of gynecologic indications such as acute or chronic abdominal or pelvic...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ovarian surgery can leave behind ovarian tissue and this residual ovarian tissue may eventu...

OBJECTIVE To describe the success rate and the complications after procedures to diagnose abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children and adolescents. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with a population consisting of children and adolescents with abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed between September 1994 and December 2012. The sample comprised of 100 patients...

OBJECTIVE In developed nations, surgery, especially gynecologic procedures, is the major cause of vesicovaginal fistulas (VVFs). We retrospectively evaluated our treatment modalities for VVF repair caused by a gynecologic surgery, and discussed the reasons of selecting certain surgical techniques and their outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared the surgical procedure preferences of surge...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major challenge for health care services including safe and effective surgery. This study aims to analyze gynecological surgery delivery during pandemic.
 Method: Data on gynecologic surgeries performed at Patan Hospital from 01 Jan 31 Dec,2020 pre-lockdown , lockdown post-lockdown period of the were analyzed medical record surgical procedures, bloo...