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laparotomyExploratory surgical procedure involving incision into the abdomen. The use of laparotomy, as of other exploratory surgery, has decreased sharply with advances in medical imaging and the direct-viewing technique known as endoscopy. |
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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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