Abdominal pseudotumor secondary to surgical obliteration
Obliteration or foreign body retention after a surgical procedure is a real, current, and preventable problem that affects the safety of the surgical patient. We present the case of a 42-year-old patient, who underwent an emergency laparotomy cholecystectomy 3 years ago, who consulted for...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/1846 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/1846 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | cuerpo extraño seguridad del paciente procedimientos quirúrgicos foreign body surgical patiente safety surgical procedures |
| Sumario: | Obliteration or foreign body retention after a surgical procedure is a real, current, and preventable problem that affects the safety of the surgical patient. We present the case of a 42-year-old patient, who underwent an emergency laparotomy cholecystectomy 3 years ago, who consulted for a pain-free, progressing growth-free one-year central-abdominal tumor with no changes in transits. It is intra-abdominal, rounded 10 cm in diameter. A tomographic study was requested to confirm the finding, and the exploration was decided by means of a laparotomy that confirmed the presence of a surgical pad.The patient evolves favorably. It is important to adopt a culture of prevention, through the perioperative surveillance of the materials and instruments used during the surgical act.Oblite can occur in any procedure and provoke medico-legal actions against the treating team. |
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