Case Report: Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to an Intra-Abdominal Foreign Body

Authors

  • J Yorke
  • E Agbeko
  • G Amoah
  • FA Abantanga

Abstract

According to literature, the incidence of intestinal obstruction caused by internal abdominal hernia is very rare and has an occurrence rate of about 0.2-0.9%. Internal hernias are caused by defects that occur congenitally or as a result of surgery or trauma. It is still rarer for surgical instruments inadvertently left in the abdominal cavity after laparotomy to be the cause of internal herniation resulting in intestinal obstruction. A case of intestinal obstruction caused by an artery forceps left in the abdominal cavity after surgery is presented

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Published

2014-03-14

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2013)

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 The Journal of Medical and Biomedical Science publishes original, novel, peer-reviewed reports that pertain to medical and allied health sciences; confirmatory reports of previously described phenomena that either contain a novel finding or are of such magnitude to enhance the field; as well as laboratory or basic science investigational studies that are meritorious.