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KMID : 0388720090160010054
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Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery
2009 Volume.16 No. 1 p.54 ~ p.58
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Gossypiboma Encountered 40 Years after Lumbar Partial Laminectomy - A Case Report -
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Kim Dong-Joon
Kong Gyu-Min
Yang Dong-Hoon
Kim Sung-Hwan
Moon Sang-Ho
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Abstract
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Gossypiboma is a mass within body consisting of a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign-body reaction. Some patients may remain asymptomatic, while others develop early persistent infected conditions. Gossypiboma should be included in a differential diagnosis of a paravertebral mass in postoperative patients, and a thorough and a careful inspection of the surgical field before closure must be performed by surgeons to avoid the complications of gossypiboma even when there are correct counts. We present a patient in whom a gossypiboma at the 4th lumbar spine was encountered 40 years after a partial laminectomy with no subjective symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Spine, Gossypiboma
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