DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2021.v07i03.009

Pages: 146-149

Textiloma commonly refers to a foreign textile body (compress or surgical field), left involuntarily during a surgical intervention. Its preoperative diagnosis remains difficult due to the absence of pathognomonic clinical and radiological signs. It is a surgical complication which represents a typical example of medical malpractice, the exact incidence of which is difficult to determine due to possible legal repercussions, hence the need for a systematic approach to the organization of the operating room and the implementation of strict textile counting protocols in order to avoid this type of incident. We report a case of a textiloma that developed 10 years after an appendectomy.