A trial supported by Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit explores methods to reduce post-operative surgical site infections.

Cleveland Clinic says abdominal surgery – also known as Laparotomy is a way for your surgeon to see what is happening inside your body and possibly take tissue samples to diagnose your condition.

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.

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Tubal ligation reversal (microsurgical tubal reanastomosis) is a surgical procedure ...

There are several modes of hysterectomy: total abdominal ... laparotomy or laparoscopy. Vaginal hysterectomy was originally only used for uterine prolapse, or when concomitant vaginal prolapse ...

On Immediate exploratory laparotomy, the proximal part of abdominal ... There was a median linear scar on his abdomen showing previous abdominal surgery. Epigastrium was tender on palpation.

An emergency laparotomy nurse specialist at Paisley's Royal Alexandria Hospital has been honoured in the New Year Honours List.