For women who have what appears to be an advanced ovarian cancer (from a review of CT scans and other diagnostics) surgery will likely be an “exploratory laparotomy,” meaning that a doctor will make a ...

Whether a midline or transverse incision is used in abdominal surgery depends mainly on the disease, anatomy and potential effects on wound healing, pain and postoperative complications.

enabling minimally invasive surgeries with smaller incisions. Using thin robotic arms, surgeons can achieve greater precision and accuracy during the procedure. Morbid obesity Abdulla Alqattan ...

This patient came to the operating room with a temperature of 103.4°F. Through a small laparotomy incision 8000 cc. of fluid was removed. Bronchopneumonia, diagnosed a few hours postoperatively ...

During an oophorectomy, a surgeon will create a vertical or horizontal incision in your lower abdomen. Vertical incisions offer the surgeon a better view, but horizontal incisions leave a less ...

The body might grow scar tissue to heal a wound, such as a: burn cut sore surgical incision External scar tissue has a structure different from that of the skin. In scar tissue, collagen proteins ...

In this research group, the research areas of global surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery meet. The research is to a large extent focused on the development and improvement of surgical health ...

According to a new study researchers have found that routine incisional negative pressure wound therapy (iNPWT) does not significantly reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) more than standard wound ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, The Third People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China Uterine necrosis following cesarean section is an ...