Ultrasound diagnosis of postoperative foreign body (gauze)
- Author:
Long Vu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
foreign body
- MeSH:
Ultrasonography;
Foreign Bodies;
Diagnosis
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;233(2):63-64
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The Viet Duc Hospital found 6 cases of the postoperative left gauze by ultrasound during 1997-1998. The diagnosis based on the clinical symptoms (infectious sign), operative history, position and size of foreign body. The foreign bodies found earliest in the 20th days and longest in the 4th years after an operation. The form, size and structure of the foreign bodies have not been changed through the round of examination.
