RESEARCH ARTICLE
Retained Sponge: A Rare Complication in Acetabular Osteosinthesis
Francisco Chana-Rodríguez*, 1, Rubén Pérez Mañanes 1, José Rojo-Manaute 1, Luz María Moran-Blanco 2, Javier Vaquero-Martín 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
Issue: Suppl 1: M7
First Page: 321
Last Page: 323
Publisher ID: TOORTHJ-9-321
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001509010321
Article History:
Received Date: 21/2/2015Revision Received Date: 26/4/2015
Acceptance Date: 18/5/2015
Electronic publication date: 31/7/2015
Collection year: 2015

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Abstract
Retained sponges after a surgical treatment of polytrauma may cause a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms and present a difficult diagnostic problem. We report a case of retained surgical sponge in a 35-year-old man transferred from another hospital, that sustained a open acetabular fracture. The fracture was reduced through a limited ilio-inguinal approach. After 4 days, he presented massive wound dehiscence of the surgical approach. An abdominal CT scan showed, lying adjacent to the outer aspect of the left iliac crest, a mass of 10 cm, identified as probable foreign body. The possibility of this rare complication should be in the differential diagnosis of any postoperative patient who presents with pain, infection, or palpable mass.