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Case Reports
. 2006 Mar;88(2):161-2.
doi: 10.1308/003588406X94878.

Lost 'swab' at inguinal hernioplasty under local anaesthesia

Julie Gostling  1 , E Steve McKain, Steve Dumont, Brian M Stephenson
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Case Reports

Lost 'swab' at inguinal hernioplasty under local anaesthesia

Julie Gostling et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Small surgical swabs should not be placed adjacent to polypropylene mesh prosthetics.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Close-up of plain radiograph clearly showing retained swab in right groin.
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Comment in

  • Another advantage of the laparoscopic approach.
    Engledow AH, Tozer P, Francis D. Engledow AH, et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006 Nov;88(7):693-4; author reply 694. doi: 10.1308/003588406X149426. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006. PMID: 17139784 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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