Call it what you like: Beer belly, protruding gut, spare tire orother creative names. What you’re referring to is the visibleconsequence of the omentum. Often described as a “fatty apron,” the omentum ...

The aim of breast reconstruction is to restore the shape, size and texture of the breast after surgery, usually following cancer. The greater omentum is a sheet of fat tissue that is attached to the ...

Multiple clinical conditions such as trauma, surgery, liver cirrhosis, peritoneal dialysis catheters or disruption of the gastrointestinal tract can cause peritonitis. Subsequent systemic spread of ...

Almost one-third of patients undergoing omentectomy for peritoneal metastases had occult omental metastases, supporting routine omentectomy prior to cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 159-185 (27 pages) The omentum of the rabbit takes part in the development of antibodies in response to intraperitoneal injection ...

Breast reconstruction is commonly carried out in the context of breast cancer treatment, either at the time of breast cancer surgery or at a later date. The aim of breast reconstruction is to create a ...