ArticlePatient safety in surgery2023
Delayed intestinal obstruction from an unintentionally retained surgical gauze in a 24-year old woman two years after caesarean section: a case report.
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- Postoperative foreign body retention following anal injury leading to a giant bladder stone: a case report.BMC urology · 2026Article
- Unintentionally retained surgical gauze presenting as chronic infected fistula to the surgical wound: a report of two cases.Patient safety in surgery · 2025Article
- Chronically retained gauze (gossypiboma) resembling a mature cystic teratoma after Cesarean delivery: a case report.Patient safety in surgery · 2025Article
- Unintentionally retained lap sponge mimicking an ovarian cyst two years after Caesarean section in a 37-year old patient: case report of a rare "never event" in Sudan.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the most common surgical emergencies, intestinal obstruction is rarely the result of an inadvertently retained foreign object (also known as a gossypiboma), which may not present symptoms for a lifetime. It also carries additional legal burdens, which may account for the rarity of its reports. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 24-year-old Sudanese female with a history of emergency Caesarean section two years before the admission presented with abdominal distension and absolute constipation, which was diagnosed as intestinal obstruction with a retained gauzed found within the small intestine. Moreover, a review of recent African-reported cases was done to find relatively similar cases.
conclusionAdhering to the standard of care in surgical theaters and integrating new methods of prevention like tagged gauze could help to decrease the rate of such cases in the future.
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