Acute Appendicitis due to Retained Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body: Case Report

Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Majid Ansari, Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Tel: +989153230207; Email: [email protected].

Received Date: September 22, 2023

Published Date: October 27, 2023

Citation: Ansari M, et al. (2023). Acute Appendicitis due to Retained Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body: Case Report. Mathews J Case Rep. 8(10):126.

Copyrights: Ansari M, et al. © (2023).

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Retained surgical items are a type of never-occurring event in surgical patients. This study is about an extremely rare case of bilateral abdominal retained surgical sponge that led to acute appendicitis.

Retained surgical items are always complicated and may be dangerous situation that lead to even morbidity or mortality in patients. Legal issues are another consequence of this circumstance for the surgical team and health system. Retained surgical items are asymptomatic in most cases. Invasion and perforation of internal organs such as the bowel, is an extremely rare presentation of retained surgical items. A case of 40 years old female with acute appendicitis due to retained abdominal surgical sponge, which was treated by the authors, is reported in this article. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report.

Keywords: Acute Appendicitis, Retained Surgical Items, Surgical Sponge, Gossypiboma, Case Report.