What's the difference between gastrotomy and incision?
Gastrotomy
Definition:
(n.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
Example Sentences:
(1) Esophageal intubation with a Celestin prosthesis combined with Janeway gastrotomy is an excellent method for relieving the symptoms of advanced malignancy of the middle and lower thirds of the esophagus.
(2) Although bursting pressure of laser-fused gastrotomies was significantly lower than that of sutured controls on Postoperative Day 1, measurement on subsequent days showed comparable wound strength between the laser and suture groups.
(3) We recently treated a 19-year-old man in the ED and in the departments of surgery and medicine who required a gastrotomy to remove a large amount of elemental iron inaccessible to removal by emesis, lavage, or gastroscopy.
(4) This technique has been applied to study the effect of a laparotomy or gastrotomy on gastric emptying in the rat.
(5) All patients but three underwent enterotomy, gastrotomy, or enterotomy combined with gastrotomy for bezoar removal.
(6) In the stomach, the FB may pass through the intestinal tract or stop at the pylorus or duodenum; if after 5-6 days there is no evidence of passage in the duodenum, it should be recovered by gastrotomy or endoscopy.
(7) The obstructing ring was excised through a gastrotomy approached by a left-sided thoracotomy.
(8) In one emergency case a gastrotomy was necessary for decompression, and in another gastrectomy was necessary because of gastric gangrene.
(9) Two patients (0.9%) required reoperation due to bleeding from the myotomy site in one and leakage from the gastrotomy site in the other.
(10) On exploratory gastrotomy, the mass was found to consist of hypertrophic rugae resembling cerebral gyri and sulci.
(11) The neonate underwent exploratory laparotomy, excision of the persistent omphalomesenteric duct, gastrotomy, and colostomy.
(12) At laparotomy a large hair ball extending from the Stomach into the duodenum and proximal jejunum was removed through a vertical gastrotomy incision.
(13) Altogether, 186 male Wistar rats were randomised to undergo either a simple gastrojejunostomy or a gastrotomy and sacrificed at eight weekly intervals for 56 weeks.
(14) The controversial issue of enhanced pancreatic carcinogenesis following partial gastrectomy has been explored in male Wistar rats (n = 40) weighing 250-300 g. Animals were randomised to receive either 60% distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction or gastrotomy and resuture (control).
(15) After a gastrotomy, the gastric mucosa was exposed and rugal folds were pulled over the balloon to create a cylinder.
(16) Tumor enucleation was performed in 1 patients following laparotomy and gastrotomy.
(17) Gastrotomy was successful in allowing the removal of a large amount of the retained corrosive material.
(18) As neither endoscopic alcohol injection nor operative hemostasis by over sewing under gastrotomy were unsuccessful, total gastrectomy was performed.
(19) The authors believe that gastrotomy and surgical removal of tablets is the treatment of choice in massive iron ingestion with development of an "iron bezoar" unresponsive to gastric lavage.
(20) Forty male adolescent Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized and standardized ventral midline laparotomies and uniform-length gastrotomies and typhlotomies were performed.
Incision
Definition:
(n.) The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
(n.) That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.
(n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
Example Sentences:
(1) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
(2) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
(3) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(4) Measurements were made of the width of the marginal gap for three sites at each of four stages: (1) after the shoulder firing, (2) after the body-incisal firing, (3) after the glaze firing, and (4) after a correction firing.
(5) The reduction in respiratory function in those subjects without an abdominal incision demonstrated that other factors, particularly the influence of a general anaesthesia, need to be taken into account.
(6) It is unnecessary to make any special more complicated incision designed to avoid lymphatics.
(7) The advantages of pars plana approach are the small incision and minimal ocular manipulation during surgery.
(8) The operative approach is through an incision above the medial canthus.
(9) The authors recall the advantages of low transcartilage incision in rhinoplasty and, by means of several technical details, illustrate the value of this approach in submucosal dissection.
(10) By making the incision inside the hairline, there is no increase in the height of the pubic hair.
(11) If transportation is unduly delayed, immediate linear incision and suction may be of value.
(12) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(13) Middle-ear exploration in six patients revealed abundant granulation tissue; multiple granulomas and acid-fast bacilli were demonstrated on a section of tissue from one patient with a nonhealing mastoidectomy incision.
(14) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(15) The sample was divided into three groups based on the degree of pretreatment overbite: openbite subsample--no incisal overlap; overlap subsample--incisal overlap and no incisal contact; contact subsample--incisal overlap with incisal contact.
(16) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
(17) Bojan Krkic had been snuffed out in his central role for Stoke and Hughes’s tweaks would have paid off if Diouf’s finishing had been more incisive.
(18) Compared with a matched group without ultrasonic visualization, the eventual site for uterine incision and morbidity to the mother and fetus were not significantly different.
(19) The incision was then extended toward the opening of the left coronary artery.
(20) Not intimately associated with a nonvital tooth or found to have any communication with the incisive canal.