A case of successful removal of a foreign body out of the abdominal cavity
The authors describe a successful outcome after removal of a foreign body (a skewer) out of the abdominal cavity of a patient two months later after its occasional swallowing. For diagnosing this foreign body the following methods were used: X-ray of the abdominal cavity, contrast examination of the urinary tract, laparoscopy. Laparotomy and removal of the foreign body were performed though the patient had some indirect symptoms of inflammation in the abdominal cavity. It was interesting but the patient remembered the fact of eating meat on the skewer only after the surgery. Thus, such a successful timely removal of a foreign body out of the abdominal cavity has a certain clinical interest.