"Laparotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Incision into the side of the abdomen between the ribs and pelvis.
| Descriptor ID |
D007813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.406
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Laparotomy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Laparotomy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Laparotomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Laparotomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laparotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Optimal Maternal Ventilation During Laparotomy with General Anesthesia in Pregnancy in the Ovine Model. Anesth Analg. 2025 Jan 01; 140(1):175-184.
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Laparoscopic Cytoreduction After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in High-Grade Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A LANCE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2446325.
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Laparotomy-assisted, two-port fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair: infant to preschool outcomes. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Jan 01; 35(1):10-21.
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Approach to radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer after the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer trial and associated complications: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 232(2):208.e1-208.e11.
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Initial surgery for spontaneous intestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants is not associated with mortality or in-hospital morbidities. J Perinatol. 2024 Dec; 44(12):1746-1754.
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Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation Lead to Severe Growth Failure in Infants. Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 280(3):432-443.
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Impact of a non-therapeutic laparotomy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with induction (m)FOLFIRINOX: Trans-Atlantic Pancreatic Surgery (TAPS) Consortium study. Br J Surg. 2024 Mar 02; 111(3).
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Generalizability of the Necrotizing Enterocolitis Surgery Trial to the Target Population of Eligible Infants. J Pediatr. 2023 11; 262:113453.
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Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Rescue: Expanding the Definition. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 04 01; 236(4):827-835.
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Effect of preoperative low-normal cervical length on perinatal outcome after laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic spina bifida repair. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2023 01; 61(1):74-80.