The peritoneum is a membrane that lines the abdominal cavity. It houses the digestive tract, liver, and other organs. Peritoneal cancer can first begin in the abdominal cavity (known as primary ...

USA Cancer originating from organs in the peritoneal cavity (e.g., ovarian, pancreatic, colorectal, gastric, liver and peritoneal mesothelioma) account for approximately 250,000 new cases of ...

The device used in this technique is the peritoneal cavity expander (PCE) (17). It is a complex surgical procedure with the ... Peritoneal metastases (PM) occur when tumor cells spread to the ...

KOTTAYAM: Despite the alarming rise in the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), nephrologists are sounding concerned ...

The peritoneum is a protective layer of tissue that covers the lining of major organs, including the stomach ... This procedure removes cancerous tumors from the abdominal cavity and then bathes the ...

000ml of dark liquid blood and 475g of dark red blood clots in Mr Hoon’s peritoneal cavity – the gap between the wall of the abdomen and other organs – over the anterior surface of the liver.

The peritoneal cavity gave evidence of minimal acute fibrinous ... not only in the gastrointestinal tract but also in remote organs. Protracted vomiting or retching remains the common etiologic ...

An epigastric hernia occurs when an abdominal muscle weakness allows the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) and abdominal fat tissue to push through the muscle ... An epigastric hernia ...