Objective Textiloma and gossypiboma are terms used to describe a mass of cotton matrix
that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation. This is an uncommon surgical …

Given the increasing complexity of both the modern health care environment and the overall
patient population, reduction of medical errors is a high priority task for health policy makers …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Several
surgical techniques are currently used as part of the standard of care for early-stage lung …

Materials and Methods: A literature search was performed on PubMed and Google Scholar,
to collect and analyze all case reports and case reviews regarding the condition in India …

Objective: Gossypibomas are a cottonoid matrix left behind following surgery. Owing to the
legal issues associated with it, very few literature studies are available online, most of them …

Data concerning the incidence of gossypiboma tend to fluctuate and is difficult to estimate
because of a low reporting rate lest medico-legal implication. Gossypiboma is frequently …

OBJECTIVE: Paraspinal textiloma (ParaTex) is a well-known complication after posterior
lumbar surgery. However, there are few articles on this topic, probably because of …

Spinal or paraspinal retained surgical sponges (gossybipoma or textiloma) are rare
incidents and mostly asymptomatic in chronic cases, but can be confused with other masses …

Background: In the postoperative period of posterior spinal surgery, surgeons usually
encounter a wide spectrum of complications, including retained surgical sponge …

Textilomas, gossypibomas, muslinomas and gauzomas, otherwise collectively known as
Retained Non-absorbable Hemostatic Material (RNHM), are surgical materials such as …