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Huang CC, Huang CJ, Hsieh JS. Paravesical gossypiboma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Laparoscopic retrieval. J Minim Access Surg. 2015;11(3):216-7doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.152099.
Huang, C. C., Huang, C. J., & Hsieh, J. S. (2015). Paravesical gossypiboma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Laparoscopic retrieval. Journal of minimal access surgery, 11(3), 216-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.152099
Huang, Chao-Chun, et al. "Paravesical gossypiboma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Laparoscopic retrieval." Journal of minimal access surgery vol. 11,3 (2015): 216-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.152099
Huang CC, Huang CJ, Hsieh JS. Paravesical gossypiboma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Laparoscopic retrieval. J Minim Access Surg. 2015 Jul-Sep;11(3):216-7. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.152099. PMID: 26195885; PMCID: PMC4499932.
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J Minim Access Surg. 2015 Jul-Sep;11(3):216-7. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.152099.

Paravesical gossypiboma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Laparoscopic retrieval.

Journal of minimal access surgery

Chao-Chun Huang, Che-Jen Huang, Jan-Sing Hsieh

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Pingtung, Taiwan.
  2. Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 26195885 PMCID: PMC4499932 DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.152099

Abstract

Retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) following an inguinal herniorrhaphy is a rare condition and may cause medicolegal problems. Differential diagnosis for the lesion should be made meticulously. We report a case of a 45-year-old man who had a herniorrhaphy about 8 years previously. He presented one episode of painless gross hematuria. Laboratory and imaging studies excluded any significant lesion in the urological organs. Abdominal CT scan demonstrated a heterogeneous neoplasm of 4 cm in size in the left paravesical area that was retrieved laparoscopically. Abdominal CT and clinical suspicion are helpful for diagnosis. Laparoscopy may be used to confirm the diagnosis and to remove the retained surgical gauze, and considered as an alternative therapy for some selected patients.

Keywords: Gossypiboma; herniorrhaphy; laparoscopy

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