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Nobel Med 2007; 3(1): 27-29

FATAL OUTCOME OF RETAINED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY: AN AUTOPSY CASE

Yalçın Büyük, İbrahim Üzün, Aytekin Coşkun, Ramazan Eryılmaz
ABSTRACT
Retained surgical sponges, instruments and drains following abdominal surgery may be responsible for many post-operative complications such as bowel obstruction, peritonitis, adhesions, abscess formation and fistulas. While some patients may remain asymptomatic for a long time, some patients may die due to these complications. Though there are many reports on retained surgical sponges, there are not so many reports on retained surgical instrument-associated deaths. The present case report describes a patient who was operated for hydatid cyst of liver and was reoperated due to retained surgical instrument 3 months later and was found to possess a Kocher clamp that compressed the ileum causing necrosis and peritonitis. Following this second operation the patient died in early postoperative period and generalized peritonitis was detected at the autopsy.
Keywords
Retained surgical instrument Peritonitis Death Autopsy

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    Yalçın Büyük, İbrahim Üzün, Aytekin Coşkun, Ramazan Eryılmaz. [FATAL OUTCOME OF RETAINED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY: AN AUTOPSY CASE]. Nobel Med 2007; 3(1): 27-29, English.
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    Yalçın Büyük, İbrahim Üzün, Aytekin Coşkun, Ramazan Eryılmaz. [FATAL OUTCOME OF RETAINED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY: AN AUTOPSY CASE]. Nobel Med (2007); 3(1): 27-29, [cited Mayıs 24, 2021], English.
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    Yalçın Büyük, İbrahim Üzün, Aytekin Coşkun, Ramazan Eryılmaz. (2007) [FATAL OUTCOME OF RETAINED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY: AN AUTOPSY CASE]. Nobel Med, 3(1): 27-29, English.