The incidental finding of a retained 'throat pack'

Author(s) Cousin G.; Markose G.
Source Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Jul 2020; vol. 102 (no. 6)

A postoperative radiograph demonstrated a folded radio-opaque structure in the nasopharynx, resembling a retained throat pack, despite her not having any respiratory symptoms. Retention of a throat pack is a never event.

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