A FORGOTTEN STATUS: GOSSYPIBOMA
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Kanat, B. H., Kutluer, N., Bozan, M. B., Aksoy, N., & Öztürk, T. (2021). A forgotten status: gossypiboma. ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), 34.Özet
Gossypiboma is used to describe the forgotten
cotton/gauze piece in the body after the surgical
procedure. It is formed by the combination of
the words “gossypium”, a Latin word for cotton, and the word
“boma” in Swahili, which means the place of hiding1
. Although
many different materials have been reported in the literature,
cotton materials are among the most forgotten objects. Though
there is no consensus, the incidence is given as 0.01-0.001%.
Gossypiboma, which is more common after abdominal and
pelvic surgery, has also been reported after thoracic surgery,
spinal, orthopedic, and breast surgery2,3.
This article aimed to present five gossypiboma cases