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laparotomy

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laparotomy [‚lap·ə′räd·ə·mē]
(medicine)
A surgical incision through the abdominal wall into the abdominal cavity.


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A laparotomy is not needed so there is minimal injury and pain," he said, adding that in most patients, one year after the procedure there was no significant recurrence.
An explorative laparotomy found [approximately equal to] 3 L of infected fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
A 15-year-old girl having a laparotomy did not want to go the theatre without her father.
 
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