laparotomy
Americannoun
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incision through the abdominal wall.
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incision into the loin, especially for access to the abdominal cavity.
noun
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surgical incision through the abdominal wall, esp to investigate the cause of an abdominal disorder
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surgical incision into the loin
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The medical records include a notation from a second surgeon that “the loop end of a laparotomy pad” had been found during a subsequent operation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Pope Francis had a laparotomy, a surgery that involves opening up the abdomen, and doctors also inserted some prosthetic mesh to strengthen his colon.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Pope Francis is undergoing a laparotomy, a surgery that involves opening up the abdomen to expose internal organs, and doctors planned to insert a prosthesis while he was under general anesthesia.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
"In the early afternoon he will undergo a laparotomy and abdominal wall surgery... under general anaesthesia," said Mr Bruni.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2023
The peritonitic infection continued to spread, and laparotomy was performed.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)
Harms of pelvic examination include unnecessary laparoscopies or laparotomies, fear, anxiety, embarrassment, pain, and discomfort.
From Forbes ● Jul. 3, 2014
She's had three or four laparotomies and every time she comes back to me with a longer story and a worse one.
From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.
This young man had already distinguished himself in the performance of some difficult hospital laparotomies, and he was at that sanguine age when ambition looks through the spectacles of experiment.
From The Ape, the Idiot & Other People by Morrow, W. C.
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