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Retained Surgical Instrument
N Engl J Med 2003; 348:228January 16, 2003
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A 59-year-old man with a history of diverticulosis came to the clinic with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant of two weeks' duration. His surgical history included a subtotal colectomy for pancolitis and subsequent laparoscopic removal of an intraabdominal surgical clamp (in 2000). His most recent surgery, performed in October 2001, was a ventral hernia repair. Postoperatively, he had intermittent loose stools but felt well and gained weight. In June 2002, the patient presented to our center with abdominal pain, anorexia, and nausea, which had developed two weeks earlier. Abdominal computed tomographic scans showed a 16-cm Mayo clamp (Panels A and B), which was removed without incident. After the procedure, the abdominal pain resolved.
Anne Dembitzer, M.D.
Edwin J. Lai, M.D.
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304- Citing Articles (1)
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