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Surgical incision of the abdomen.

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  • Terrilon mentions an instance in which a portion of the liver was removed by ligature after celiotomy.
  • Terrilon 12.277 mentions an instance in which a portion of the liver was removed by ligature after celiotomy.
  • When celiotomy is performed for ruptured bladder, in a manner suggested by the elder Gross, the mortality is much less.
  • -- Hollander describes the following anomaly of the uterus which he encountered during the performance of a celiotomy: --
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