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

Autor: Bashir SI; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Bakht Alruda, Ad Duwaym, Sudan., Ali YB; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Bakht Alruda, Ad Duwaym, Sudan., Ali EM; General Surgery Resident, Medical Specialization Board (SMSB), Khartoum, Sudan., Osman Fadl HA; Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.; Haematology First Specialist, Medical Laboratory, Sudanese National Council for Medical & Health Professions (SNCMHP), Khartoum, Sudan., Abdelmoneim Hamza AH; Clinical Immunology Resident, Medical Specialization Board (SMSB), Khartoum, Sudan.; Faculty of Medicine, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan., Fadelallah Eljack MM; Faculty of Medicine, University of Bakht Alruda, Ad Duwaym, Sudan. m.mahmmoud96@gmail.com.; Community department, University of Bakht Alruda, University of Bakht Alruda, Ad Duwaym, Ad Duwaym, Sudan. m.mahmmoud96@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Patient safety in surgery [Patient Saf Surg] 2023 Jul 21; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 21.
DOI: 10.1186/s13037-023-00371-y
Abstrakt: 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.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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