Spontaneous trans-visceral migration and intestinal obstruction due to a textiloma: A case report

Introduction: Retained surgical sponge, otherwise called, gossypiboma, textiloma or gauzioma is a rare but the most frequently encountered retained foreign body after abdominal surgery. It is under reported in medical literature due to the medico-legal implications. The incidence has been put at 1:3000 to 1:100 surgeries by one series while another series put it at 1:5500 surgeries. Nonetheless, it is a condition with considerable morbidity and a mortality rate of about 10%.