Cancer and abdominal conditions can also directly affect the abdomen's tissues and fluid. The abdomen is a body cavity—a ...

A vascular dilatation in the aorta can be life-threatening if it bursts. These so-called aortic aneurysms typically form in ...

we saw a large volume of reddish-brown peritoneal fluid. Before entering the abdominal cavity, we withdrew 35 ml of fluid by syringe. Cytological evaluation of the peritoneal fluid showed that it ...

The lower systemic absorption and higher peritoneal retention of the microparticles ... and polymer filaments in the lower part of the abdominal cavity. [109] 1 Optimum Therapeutics, LLC, Columbus ...

These include primary anastomosis, the "patch, drain and wait" approach, the "clip and drop back" approach, and bedside peritoneal ... debris within the abdominal cavity to drain out, thus ...

It’s called the peritoneum (pronounced pair-it-oh-NEE-um). The cells that make up the film are the same kind as the ones that form the surface of a woman’s ovaries. Because of that ...

My findings suggest that the peritoneal cavity may act as an extravascular “culture chamber” where lymphocytes transform to macrophages before their mobilization to distant inflammatory sites.

After taking only a few spoonfuls of food, Salma Sheikh, 41, felt she was already full. She was unable to finish a full meal ...

Although adhesions can occur anywhere, the most common locations are within the abdominal cavity, the pelvis, and the heart. Abdominal adhesions: Abdominal adhesions are a common complication of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A University of Montana Western student presented at the American Association for Anatomy meeting in ...

Ultrasound scans use high frequency sound waves to create a picture of a part of the body. You may have an abdominal ultrasound scan to check for peritoneal mesothelioma. The scan shows up blood flow ...