Intestinal obstruction caused by retained surgical sponge: two case reports

Adu-Aryee, NA; Asumanu, Edward; Tetteh, Alfred; Fordjour, E; Naaeder, SB

doi:10.4314/gmj.v39i1.35980

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“…To date, the only two documented reports of surgical material being left in the abdominal cavity from literature in Ghana are from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra (Dakubo et al, 2009;Adu-Aryee et al, 2005). But for anecdotal accounts by surgeons to colleagues, there is no confirmation of any reports of retained surgical instruments or material in the abdominal cavity from Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana as such making this case report; the first to be reported from KATH.…”

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Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to an Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body

Yorke¹,

Agbeko²,

Amoah³

et al. 2014

J. Med. Biomed. Sci.

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According to literature, the incidence of intestinal obstruction caused by internal abdominal hernia is very rare and has an occurrence rate of about 0.2-0.9%. Internal hernias are caused by defects that occur congenitally or as a result of surgery or trauma. It is still rarer for surgical instruments inadvertently left in the abdominal cavity after laparotomy to be the cause of internal herniation resulting in intestinal obstruction. A case of intestinal obstruction caused by an artery forceps left in the abdominal cavity after surgery is presented.

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Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to an Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body

Yorke¹,

Agbeko²,

Amoah³

et al. 2014

J. Med. Biomed. Sci.

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Unusual finding of deodorant bottle in the rectum

Kujur

Aslam

Kundu

et al. 2022

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery

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A foreign body in the rectum is not an uncommon encounter in current medical practice. In most cases, rectal foreign bodies are a result of sexual eroticism, sexual abuse, assault, or rarely, accidental involuntary insertion. It poses diagnostic difficulties and management challenges among medical professionals. The diagnostic approach usually involves careful history and physical and radiological examination. Here, we present the case of a 22-year-old man with a retained rectal foreign body for a duration of 3 hours. He presented with impacted foreign body per rectum, non-specific abdominal pain, abdominal mass, and non-passage of stool and flatus. Successful removal of the rectal foreign body was done manually under local anesthesia in the lithotomy position in the operation theatre.

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Intestinal obstruction caused by retained surgical sponge: two case reports

Abstract: SUMMARYWe present two cases of intestinal obstruction from retained laparotomy packs and their management. Attention to detail in theatre procedure should reduce such occurrence.

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Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to an Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body

Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to an Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body

Unusual finding of deodorant bottle in the rectum

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