laparotomy pad

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laparotomy pad

A pad made from several layers of gauze folded into a rectangular shape and used especially as a sponge for packing off the viscera in abdominal operations. Also called abdominal pad.

pad [pad]

a cushion-like mass of soft material.

abdominal pad a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds, or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery. Called also laparotomy pad.

dinner pad a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed to leave space under the jacket to take care of expansion of the stomach after eating.

infrapatellar fat pad a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.

knuckle p's nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.

laparotomy pad abdominal p.

sucking pad (suctorial pad) a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter muscle and the external surface of the buccinator muscle. It is well developed in infants.

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abdominal pad dinner pad infrapatellar fat pad pad			Upon incision of the mass, purulent fluid was expressed, and a laparotomy pad retained from previous surgery became visible. Gossypiboma: the forgotten diagnosis by Sirjani, Farshad Ostovar; Gerscovich, Eugenio O.; McGahan, John P.; Stein-Wexler, Rebecca / Applied Radiology The quantity of laparotomy pads and GIA staplers often are a concern at Level IIb facilities and are more available at Level III facilities (Table 2). Can we provide level III damage control surgical procedures at a ... by Blackbourne, Lorne H.; Holcomb, John B. / U.S. Army Medical Department Journal Because the right chest tube continued draining copious blood, laparotomy pads were packed in the left chest and the right hemithorax was explored, evacuating residual hemothorax and oversewing multiple pulmonary injuries. Thoracic packing for uncontrolled bleeding in penetrating thoracic ... by Steeb, Glenn / Southern Medical Journal			laparohysterectomy laparohystero-oophorectomy laparohysterosalpingo-oophorectomy laparohysterotomy laparomyitis laparorrhaphy laparosalpingo-oophorectomy laparoscope Laparoscopic laparoscopic biopsy laparoscopic cholecystectomy laparoscopic colon resection laparoscopic examination laparoscopic gastric banding laparoscopic morcellator laparoscopic nephrectomy laparoscopic staging laparoscopic sterilization laparoscopic surgery laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy laparoscopic-assisted resection laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysteroscopy laparoscopist laparoscopy laparotomy laparotomy pad laparotrachelotomy lapatinib lapboard lapinization lapinize lapis Laplace's law laporotomy sponge Laportea moroides lappets lapse lapsus linguae lard larder beetle large Large black large bowel large calorie large cell carcinoma large cell lymphoma large cell undifferentiated carcinoma of lung Large core needle biopsy large for gestational age large for gestational age infant large head			laparoscopically laparoscopically laparoscopically Laparoscopically Assisted Colon Resection Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy laparoscopies laparoscopies laparoscopies laparoscopist laparoscopist laparoscopist laparoscopy laparoscopy laparoscopy Laparoscopy Assisted Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy Laparotamy Laparotamy Laparotamy laparotomaphilia laparotomies laparotomies laparotomies laparotomy laparotomy laparotomy laparotomy laparotomy grid laparotomy grid laparotomy grid laparotomy pad laparotrachelotomy lapas LAPASEC Lapatinib LAPAW Lapaz Lapaz LAPB LAPB lapboard lapboard LAPC LAPCA LAPCEP Lapcevic, Dragiša Lapcevic, Dragisa LAPCG Lapchick, Joe Lapchinskii, Aleksandr Lapchinskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich LAPCHOL LAPCO LAPCS LAPD LAPD LAPD B&W LAPDA Lapdance Riders

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