Delayed intestinal obstruction from an unintentionally retained surgical gauze in a 24-year old woman two years after caesarean section: a case report.

IF 2.6 Q1 SURGERY

Patient Safety in Surgery Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI:10.1186/s13037-023-00371-y

Samir Ismail Bashir, Yasir Babiker Ali, Elsadig Mohamed Ali, Hiba Awadelkareem Osman Fadl, Abdelrahman Hamza Abdelmoneim Hamza, Mohammed Mahmmoud Fadelallah Eljack

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Abstract

Background: One 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.

Conclusion: Adhering 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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一名24岁女性剖腹产术后两年因意外保留手术纱布而导致的延迟性肠梗阻：一例报告。

背景：肠梗阻是最常见的外科紧急情况之一，很少是由于不经意间残留的异物（也称为棉子脂肪瘤）造成的，这种异物可能终生不会出现症状。它还承担着额外的法律负担，这可能是其报告稀少的原因。病例介绍：我们报告了一名24岁的苏丹女性，她在入院前两年有紧急剖腹产病史，表现为腹胀和绝对便秘，被诊断为肠梗阻，在小肠内发现残留的纱布。此外，对最近非洲报告的病例进行了审查，以发现相对相似的病例。结论：坚持手术室的护理标准，结合新的预防方法，如贴标签的纱布，有助于降低未来此类病例的发生率。

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Patient Safety in Surgery SURGERY-

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6.80

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8.10%

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9 weeks