Latin "gossypium" meaning "cotton" and Swahili "boma" meaning "place of concealment”, Others indicate "-oma" was The term retained surgical item refers to any surgical sponge, instrument, tool, or device that is unintentionally left in the patient at the completion of the operation after closure of the wound. The problem of retained surgical sponge is known as gossypiboma, and also as "textiloma", "gauzoma", or "muslinoma." The word gossypiboma may have been formed from the added to gossypi to indicate a growth, as in the example textiloma. Surgical instruments, needles, and other items can also be inadvertently left behind in surgical field.
This is indeed a nightmare for the surgeon, moreover its an important ground for medico-legal cases. Cinical features: Pain Purulrent discharge Discharging sinus Localized swelling Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) publishes a recommended…
