laparotomy

IPA: ɫæpɝˈɑtʌmi

(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.

Examples of "laparotomy" in Sentences

We should be comparing the cost of a scan to that of a laparotomy.
Open tubal ligation, also known as a laparotomy, is performed through
After a laparotomy, I conceived and carried 5 beautiful children to term.
Laparoscopy versus open laparotomy for bowel resection in pediatric Crohn's disease
For example, an exploratory laparotomy for bowel obstruction has departed from the script if we find a huge diaphragmatic hernia.
"If you don't like the laparotomy," Don told him at one point, referring to a line in the story, "you may choose some other operation ending in 'omy.'"
To Stone's way of thinking, McCray should have performed an operation called a laparotomy to locate and drain this abscess during Karsten's second hospitalization.
There are three medical clinics in Hallum Valley and one hospital capable of minor orthopedics, low-risk deliveries, appendectomies and a rare exploratory laparotomy if the weather is too bad to get to a city.
But since this approach requires a laparotomy, which is associated with longer hospitalization and increased blood loss, the postoperative road to recovery is often slow and painful as compared with less invasive approaches.