Delayed post-surgical sepsis from Teflon felt: The diagnostic value of CT scanning, and a reminder for theatre staff

SA Journal of Radiology

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Delayed post-surgical sepsis from Teflon felt: The diagnostic value of CT scanning, and a reminder for theatre staff
 
Creator Emby, D Lancaster, A
 
Subject Radiology; Surgery: Medico-legal Foreign Body; Sepsis; CT scanning; Teflon felt; Implantable haemostatic materails
Description We report on 2 patients with surgical site infections following the inadvertent use of Teflon felt for haemostasis in elective and emergency surgery. CT scanning was superior to plain radiography in demonstrating the foreign bodies to enable planning of further surgical treatment.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Date 2011-05-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Case Report and Analysis
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajr.v15i2.326
 
Source South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 15, No 2 (2011); 48-50 2078-6778 1027-202X
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2011 D Emby, A Lancaster https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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