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.

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A ...

A paper read before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, December 22, 1884. See page 10, No. 1, Vol cxii. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

The study included a group of patients that underwent laparotomy procedures complicated by postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence, defined as "separation of the layers of the surgical wound ...

Learn about cytoreductive surger, a procedure used to remove cancer that has spread throughout your abdominal cavity.

The owner of a St. Bernard puppy who allegedly died after surgical instruments were left inside her body during a routine ...

If so, abdominal etching surgery might help. Ab etching is a type of liposuction that involves strategically removing fat ...

Navarro, the CEO of Levita Magnetics, said the idea for the procedure stemmed from the surgeon who performed it.

A Rhode Island woman has filed a lawsuit against a veterinarian, whom she claims left a surgical instrument inside her St.