Hysteroscopic removal of a gauze inadvertently retained in uterus for two years following caesarean section.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Amodeo, Silvia; Di Simone, Nicoletta; Chiantera, Vito; Scambia, Giovanni; Masciullo, Valeria
- Source
- Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Apr2021, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p481-483. 3p.
- Subject
- *CESAREAN section
*ELECTIVE surgery
*MEDICAL personnel
*OPERATIVE surgery
*ENDOSCOPIC surgery
*PELVIC pain
*FOREIGN bodies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0144-3615
Retention of surgical items in the uterus is rare and medical literature reports two cases of intrauterine surgical items removed through traditional open surgery reopening C-section scar. Despite the worldwide accomplishment of manual counting procedures of surgical textiles and instruments, cases of retained (forgotten) surgical items (RSIs) still occur. [Extracted from the article]