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Retained Surgical Sponge with Resulting Bowel Perforations

ID: exh61633
This full color stock medical exhibit depicts bowel perforations that resulted due to the negligent final steps of a surgical procedure. A series of images illustrate the pre-operative condition of the abdomen, the operative procedure to remove a section of the sigmoid colon, the operative procedure to deal with the widespread adhesions and inflammation that occurred when a surgical sponge was left within the patient's abdomen and the ultimate condition of the small bowel and ascending colon.
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