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Intra-abdominal retained surgical foreign bodies are still a significant problem, with an incidence between 0.3 and 1.0 per 1000 abdominal operations [1]. In most cases they are surgical sponges, referred to as a gossypiboma. The term “gossypiboma” is derived from the Latin word gossypium, meaning cotton, and the Swahili word boma, meaning place of concealment [2]. More recently, with the increasing use of sponges made of synthetic material, as retained objects they are referred to as a textiloma or cottonoid [3]. |
