Gossypiboma (GP) or retained surgical sponge is one of the rare surgical complications which can happen despite precautions.

Andrea Schiavone¹, Michele Bisaccia¹, Luigi Meccariello², Giuseppe Rinonapoli¹, Luigi Piscitelli¹, Mattia Manni¹, Cristina Ibáñez Vicente¹, Olga Bisaccia³, Auro Caraffa¹

During the last four decades the laparoscopic surgery gradually underwent a full recognition and nowadays it is a “gold standard” treatment for many elective conditions and recently in wide variety of emergent conditions.

Cyriac Abby Philips¹, Chhagan Bihari²