KANAT, Burhan HakanÖZTÜRK, TülinAKSOY, NurullahBOZAN, Mehmet BuğraKUTLUER, Nizamettin2022-06-062022-06-062021Kanat, B. H., Kutluer, N., Bozan, M. B., Aksoy, N., & Öztürk, T. (2021). A forgotten status: gossypiboma. ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), 34.https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-672020190004e1571https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/1095Gossypiboma is used to describe the forgotten cotton/gauze piece in the body after the surgical procedure. It is formed by the combination of the words “gossypium”, a Latin word for cotton, and the word “boma” in Swahili, which means the place of hiding1 . Although many different materials have been reported in the literature, cotton materials are among the most forgotten objects. Though there is no consensus, the incidence is given as 0.01-0.001%. Gossypiboma, which is more common after abdominal and pelvic surgery, has also been reported after thoracic surgery, spinal, orthopedic, and breast surgery2,3. This article aimed to present five gossypiboma caseseninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGOSSYPIBOMAArticle10.1590/0102-672020190004e157134112