Open tubal ligation, also known as a laparotomy, is performed through.    From Wordnik.com.  [eHow - Health How To's] Reference

He'd need to perform a laparotomy to inspect her abdominal organs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Savage Horde]

We should be comparing the cost of a scan to that of a laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Care Waste, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Under satisfactory conditions a laparotomy would be here indicated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The long scar wasn't inflicted by the fish. that wasa laparotomy scar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 31, 2005 - August 6, 2005 Archives] Reference

If it hadn't been for that, I'd be having a laparotomy in Walla Walla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

The most common procedure currently used is called the mini-laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference

After a laparotomy, I conceived and carried 5 beautiful children to term.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get in on Life...] Reference

Laparoscopy versus open laparotomy for bowel resection in pediatric Crohn's disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical studies: IBD treatment approaches] Reference

If you must have a laparotomy, make certain your doctor uses microsurgical techniques and instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

Surgical scars RLQ and midline below the umbilicus consistent with history of appendectomy and laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mortal Remains]

If the fallopian tube has ruptured, you may need emergency surgery through a laparotomy an abdominal incision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill O'Reilley on the abortion issue] Reference

A laparotomy was carried out after closure of the chest; neither inflammation nor intestinal content was found in the peritoneum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference

For example, an exploratory laparotomy for bowel obstruction has departed from the script if we find a huge diaphragmatic hernia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical cases that suck] Reference

When surgery is absolutely necessary, when possible, choose a less invasive laparoscopy over the traditional surgical laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

If an unruptured tubal pregnancy is diagnosed, the most common treatment is a salpingostomy performed during a laparoscopy or laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

He asked for permission to do an exploratory laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [greatfallstribune.com - Local News] Reference

She only decided in 1893 to undergo a surgical operation -- laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research] Reference

Risk factors for conversion to laparotomy during gynecologic laparoscopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

A MICU resident asked, How did that laparotomy from earlier in the week do?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cut On The Dotted Line] Reference

The peritonitic infection continued to spread, and laparotomy was performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade] Reference

Subsequent laparotomy revealed that the cause of the obstruction was a bezoar.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

He expresses his belief that childhood and infancy are favorable to laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The last diagnostic options are diagnostic laparoscopy or exploratory laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

The diagnosis of appendicitis actually takes place via laparotomy, an abdomen-operation.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Metal wires were detected either by exploratory laparotomy or in postmortem examinations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference

On her 4th month, an exploratory laparotomy was contemplated for the removal of the ovarian cyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to 'Talks on to arrange jobs for trained inmates after release'] Reference

The average operating time was 250 minutes, with only one patient being converted to a laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

On the third admission with clinical signs of acute abdomen, an exploratory laparotomy was performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

He found it more nourishing, he told me, than pure albumen, and more stimulating to the jaded nerves than laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe After 8:15] Reference

There are the Cæsarian section, the Porro operation, laparotomy, symphysiotomy, all approved by science and the moral law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence] Reference

An exploratory laparotomy on March.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

An exploratory laparotomy was not performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

Emergency laparotomy was performed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Foreign body removal laparotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

"Mr. Hatfield," I said, "I want to do an exploratory laparotomy!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Every living thing]