Retained Surgical Gauze Presenting With Gross Hematuria: A Case Report

Urol J. 2017 Aug 29;14(5):5027-5029.

Abstract

Gossipyboma is a mass which is made around a cotton sponge or abdominal compress retained in a patient during surgery accidentally. Patients manifest with either acute or chronic symptoms due to complications. Here in wereported an 89-year-old man case of transvesical migration of gossipyboma who presented with gross hematuria with a history of transvesical prostatectomy 6 years ago. Patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with repairing of the bladder and peritoneum. He had no complications during surgery and was subsequently discharged.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
  • Hematuria / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatectomy / adverse effects
  • Surgical Sponges / adverse effects*