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Anterior abdominal wall reconstruction surgery in patients who have undergone multiple laparotomies is associated with a high risk of complications. For this reason, minimally invasive surgery ...

Therefore, we investigated if any differences in subcutaneous adipose tissue blood flow (ATBF) exist at different locations of the anterior abdominal wall.

This letter describes transplantation of the penis, scrotum, and lower abdominal wall in an injured veteran who had sustained traumatic penile loss from an explosion. It has been more than 1 ...

Abdominal wall hernia disease is often a complex problem and the treatment options are numerous, especially with the ongoing development of new prosthetic materials or tacking devices.

Medical Mysteries A woman’s laborious search uncovered the probable cause of her searing abdominal pain. Getting a doctor to help was much harder.

It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and rapidly developing area of medicine focuses on abdominal core health, ...

Repair of ventral hernias—hernias of the abdominal wall—is among the most commonly performed operations, but not all meshes used in these procedures are created equal, with varying outcomes ...

Twin brothers who were born conjoined, sharing part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver, recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery.

Transabdominal sonography (TAS) sends a beam of ultrasound waves through the anterior abdominal wall over the region of the distended urinary bladder, which acts as an acoustic window.

The patient had suffered a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst along with a haemorrhage in the anterior abdominal wall, which had caused accumulation of blood in the abdomen.