Prague Med. Rep. 2019, 120, 144-149

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2019.20

Gossypiboma: A Dramatic Result of Human Error, Case Report and Literature Review

Yusuf Arıkan, Osman Ozdemir, Kamil Gokhan Seker, Mithat Eksi, Ekrem Guner, Nadir Kalfazade, Selcuk Sahin, Ali İhsan Tasci

Department of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received April 14, 2019
Accepted December 1, 2019

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