Passage of Retained Surgical Sponge per Rectum after Seven Years in the Peritoneal Cavity

ElGamri ElRadi Mohammed, King Fahd Specialist Hospital

Abstract

Abstract : We present an unusual case of a patient in whom surgical sponge which was accidentally left in the peritoneal cavity seven years before, was finally passed with stools .

Recommended Citation

ElGamri ElRadi Mohammed (2008) "Passage of Retained Surgical Sponge per Rectum after Seven Years in the Peritoneal Cavity," World Journal of Colorectal Surgery: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: http://services.bepress.com/wjcs/vol1/iss1/art6

 
 
 

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