Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
laparotomy .
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Examples
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When celiotomy is performed for ruptured bladder, in a manner suggested by the elder Gross, the mortality is much less.
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From an experience gained in the case of the President, Romme strongly recommends exploratory celiotomy in all penetrating wounds of the liver.
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-- Hollander 6.417 describes the following anomaly of the uterus which he encountered during the performance of a celiotomy: --
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They allowed the case to go twenty-three days, until pains similar to those of labor occurred, and then decided on celiotomy.
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When celiotomy is performed for ruptured bladder, in a manner suggested by the elder Gross, the mortality is much less.
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From an experience gained in the case of the President, Romme strongly recommends exploratory celiotomy in all penetrating wounds of the liver.
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The Revue de Chirurgien 1887, contains an account of a woman who suffered internal strangulation, on whom celiotomy was performed; she recovered in twenty-five days, and did not miscarry, which shows that severe injury to the intestine with operative interference does not necessarily interrupt pregnancy.
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Terrilon 12.277 mentions an instance in which a portion of the liver was removed by ligature after celiotomy.
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They allowed the case to go twenty-three days, until pains similar to those of labor occurred, and then decided on celiotomy.
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Terrilon mentions an instance in which a portion of the liver was removed by ligature after celiotomy.
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