Exploratory laparotomy is a type of abdominal surgery. It’s not used as often as it once was, but it’s still necessary in certain circumstances. Let’s take a closer look at exploratory laparotomy and ...

South Carolina’s Insurance Reserve Fund has paid the estate of a man $1 million after doctors left a blade inside his abdomen ...

The estate of a man in South Carolina was paid $1 million by the state after a blade was left inside his abdomen during ...

An appeals court has upheld a family's $9.5 million jury award after a physician left an 18-inch sponge in a patient's abdomen that remained in her stomach for 5 years. During the surgery, performed ...

Fertility counseling in young adult patients with cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Q: My doctor said I may have abdominal adhesions after having my appendix removed. What are these? A: Adhesions are basically scar tissue inside your body that may stick (adhere) to body tissue and/or ...

The family of a Raleigh County Baptist minister and coal miner who took his life two weeks after undergoing surgery has filed a wrongful death suit against the anesthesiology business they claim ...