Gastric Outlet obstruction due to retained surgical swab(gossypiboma) after open cholecystectomy: a case report

Abstract

A surgical compress retained in the abdominal cavity following surgery is a serious problem. Here, we describe a 48-year-old woman that had epigastric fullness, pain, nausea, and vomiting after eating. She had an open cholecystectomy at another medical center 2 months previously. The physical examination revealed nothing. OGD showed a foreign body material that completely obstructing the pylorus. Therefore, a laparotomy was performed. A surgical compress was removed at enterotomy and the final diagnosis was gossypiboma. Here, we present a case of transgastric gossypiboma after a splenectomy 4 years previously