| Title: |
Laparoscopic Retrieval of a 13-Year-Old Retained Iatrogenic Metallic Foreign Body from the Pelvis: An Uncommon Case Report |
| Authors: |
Rajput, Deepak; Gupta, Amit; Shasheendran, Sruthi; Mani, Rishit; Tandon, Amoli; Krishnasamy, Shyam Karuppusamy; Siddeek, Rohik Anjum T.; Bhukya, Krishna Sai; Edem, Sanketh |
| Source: |
The Surgery Journal ; volume 09, issue 01, page e62-e66 ; ISSN 2378-5128 2378-5136 |
| Publisher Information: |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Description: |
Retained surgical foreign bodies are unanticipated events culminating from inadvertent operating room errors and may cause severe medical and legal problems between the patient and the doctor. Here, we report detecting a surgical instrument fragment 13 years after an open abdominal hysterectomy in a quadragenarian during her evaluation of a month-old complaint of lower abdominal and right thigh pain. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen demonstrated a radio-opaque linear foreign body traversing the right obturator foramen with extension into the pelvis cranially and the adductor compartment of the right thigh caudally. The metallic foreign body, identified as a fragmented handle of a uterine tenaculum forceps with a slender sharp-tip hook, could be removed laparoscopically from the pelvis after a diagnostic laparoscopy, preventing significant complications. The minimally invasive approach enabled a smooth recovery, and the patient could go home on the second postoperative day. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1055/s-0043-1764124 |
| DOI: |
10.1055/s-0043-1764124.pdf |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1764124; http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0043-1764124.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.306BCC0D |
| Database: |
BASE |