Pulsatile lavage irrigator tip, a rare radiolucent retained foreign body in the pelvis: a case report

Patient Safety in Surgery

Michael T Archdeacon¹  Camille L Connelly¹ 

[1] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 670212, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0212, USA

关键词: patient safety;    surgical complication;    pulsatile lavage;    radiolucent;    retained foreign body;   

Others  :  790453
DOI  :  10.1186/1754-9493-5-14

 received in 2011-05-23, accepted in 2011-05-28,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Retained foreign bodies after surgery have the potential to cause serious medical complications for patients and bring fourth serious medico-legal consequences for surgeons and hospitals. Standard operating room protocols have been adopted to reduce the occurrence of the most common retained foreign bodies. Despite these precautions, radiolucent objects and uncounted components/pieces of instruments are at risk to be retained in the surgical wound. We report the unusual case of a retained plastic pulsatile lavage irrigator tip in the surgical wound during acetabulum fracture fixation, which was subsequently identified on routine postoperative computed tomography. Revision surgery was required in order to remove the retained object, and the patient had no further complications.

【 授权许可】

   
2011 Connelly and Archdeacon; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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