Converse of object

• undergo: On 8th August 2000 the deceased underwent a laparotomy.

• perform: His claim to fame is that he was the first surgeon to perform an elective laparotomy.

• require: He requires a laparotomy for a suspected ruptured spleen.

• follow: A 40 year old lady was transferred from another hospital following laparotomy for suspected perforated appendix.

• have: Mr S arranged for Kate to have a further laparotomy in a few weeks time.

• use: Even using a laparotomy, it can be impossible to apply the clips in a few women.

Preposition: in

• treatment: Abstract Objective: To determine the outcome of laparoscopy compared with laparotomy in conservative surgical treatment for severe endometriosis.

Adjective modifier

• exploratory: At exploratory laparotomy raw bones were found impacting the bowel.

• early: Indications for early mandatory laparotomy in abdominal stab wounds.

• definitive: CONCLUSIONS: The value of chemotherapy between preliminary and definitive laparotomy in halting tumor growth was not demonstrated by the results of our analysis.

• diagnostic: On 3rd December 2003, Mrs. S. underwent a therapeutic and diagnostic laparotomy.

• mandatory: Indications for early mandatory laparotomy in abdominal stab wounds.

• previous: SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Many patients are referred to tertiary centers with periampullary carcinoma after their tumors were deemed unresectable at previous laparotomy.

Modifies a noun

• patient: The day following laparotomy patient required a cesarean section to deliver a dead baby.

• rate: Observation of haemodynamically stable patients allows for low laparotomy rates with minimal morbidity.

Noun used with modifier

• second-look: A second-look laparotomy ( SLL ) was performed after six cycles of intravenous chemotherapy.

• emergency: An emergency laparotomy was performed through an upper midline incision.

• staging: Before the advent of CT, staging laparotomy was required but this has now been rendered obsolete.

• postop: However this was a fairly specific patient group, which may not reflect all postop laparotomy patients.