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Table 3 Distribution of clinical signs in 15 patients with gossypiboma

From: Incidence, root cause, and outcomes of unintentionally retained intraabdominal surgical sponges: a retrospective case series from two hospitals in Togo

 

Number

Abdominal pain

13

Fever

6

Cessation of flatus and bowel movement

5

Abdominal tenderness

4

Vomiting

3

Wound sinus

3

Abdominal mass

2

Enterocutaneous fistula

2

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