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Failure to heal of thyroidectomy wound due to gossypiboma and stitch sinus: Report of two cases
Adewale A Musa1, Adekunbi Banjo2, Oladeji Agboola2, Olubunmi Osinupebi3
1 Department of Surgery, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Nigeria
2 Department of Morbid Anatomy and Pathology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Nigeria
3 Department of Medical Microbiology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Adewale A Musa
Endocrine and Biliary Surgical Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), PMB 2001, Sagamu,
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2006-8808.100349
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This case series presents two females, 53 and 33 years old, with thyroidectomy wounds that failed to heal, 16 and 18 weeks, respectively, following the operation. The wounds were explored with removal of gauze and catgut suture. The patients made remarkable improvement and the wounds healed satisfactorily within seven days. Surgical materials forgotten intraoperatively, wrong use of and / or infected surgical materials should be considered when surgical wounds fail to heal. |
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