Items such as cotton or gauze pads can be mistakenly left behind during operations. Such
foreign materials (called textilomas or gossypibomas) cause foreign body reaction in the …

We report the sonographic appearance and clinical course of a retained surgical sponge in
the neck beginning 6 months after a partial thyroidectomy. Sonograms showed a …

Retention of surgical instruments, most commonly small laparotomy sponges, is a known
complication of surgery. Such retained instruments may remain silent or may cause a variety …

Although a number of cases of retained surgical sponge (RSS) after thoracic and abdominal
surgery have been reported in the literature, the occurrence of RSS after thyroidectomy is …

Due to the forgotten foreign bodies (plastic, gauze, etc.) in a variety of operations, many
cases which caused to clinical symptoms long after the surgical interventions were present …