I said 'what about gunge?'.” She underwent a laparotomy – a surgical incision in the abdominal cavity – to remove the cyst. Surgeons said they could see some swelling in the appendix, so while they ...

“Chemo is not working so we are going to be trying T-cell therapy and tomorrow they’re going to be taking his old port out ...

15] Because of the significant mortality and morbidity associated with laparotomy with resection and stoma formation, alternate procedures have been developed to minimize the risks of surgery.

Up-to-date knowledge of the procedure and its possible routes and ... represents the best option among possible routes. Laparotomy continues to be the preferred method for hysterectomy in ...

At one of my first meetings as an elected council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, we approved a report called Access All Ages . It encouraged less ageist thinking and bias among ...

Following the deaths of Lynne Savage and Hayley Dowell, the Mirror takes a look at the harrowing tales of victims of botched ...

It was a vast, unwieldy expedition. Three giant inflatable rafts, two watercraft jets, six rubber dinghies, eight Land Rovers ...

When stocking up before your surgery or getting back to shopping after surgery, take a look at your regular diet and see if there are any positive changes you could make. This may include eating more ...

Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient's tissues are cut during this technique to permit the ...