Gossypiboma are surgical tampons that forgotten in the operation area and cause serious complications patient. The most frequently foreign body operations tampons. Early recognition of gossypiboma is important to minimize risk morbidity mortality While they may be asymptomatic, such as perforation, obstruction, peritonitis, intra-abdominal or enterocutaneous fistula, abscess sepsis. In differen...

Gossypiboma is a dreadful complication and nightmare for a surgeon. It might cost the patient his life and the surgeon his reputation. It is a preventable condition and additional safeguard measures should be sought and implemented to prevent against human error.

BACKGROUND In the postoperative period of posterior spinal surgery, surgeons usually encounter a wide spectrum of complications, including retained surgical sponge, gossypiboma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective review of case records of eight patients diagnosed with gossypiboma with emphasis on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. RESULTS All the eight ...

We present a rare case with gossypiboma following cesarean section which led to uterine wound dehiscence. A 30-year-old woman had been submitted to an emergency cesarean section 4 months previously at another hospital. Clinical and ultrasound findings revealed a large intra-abdominal mass and diffuse peritonitis. At laparotomy, a gossypiboma causing an abscess and uterine wound dehiscence with ...

Gossypiboma is very rare in clinical practice. Despite its clinical importance, it carries some medico legal implications. We report a case of gossypiboma in a 54 years old female who presented with pain and a slowly growing lump in the abdomen 7 years after open cholecystectomy. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showed a mass with enhanced internal septae and a radio-opaque marker w...

Intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. A 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. He had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. The posteroanterior chest X-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

Gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge, is a rare complication following any surgical procedure and is primarily a result of human error. Such patients often have vague clinical presentations and the diagnosis often comes as a surprise. We present the case of a 40-year-old woman who had a long-standing history of lower abdominal discomfort. She was diagnosed with a gossypiboma fifteen years af...