Types of abdominal surgeries, types of abdominal incisions, common types of abdominal surgeries, complications of abdominal surgeries

1. what are types of abdominal surgeries
with incisions

2. Types of abdominal surgeries
• Surgery is a medical speciality that uses manual and instrumental
techniques to physically reach into the subject body in order to treat
pathological conditions such as a disease, injury, diseased organ or
organ transplantation, to alter the bodily functions,
to improve appearance or to remove or replace unwanted tissues or
foreign bodies.

3. Common abdominal surgeries
• Appendectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Colon/Anorectal surgery
• Colon/large bowel resection
• Hernia repair
• Small bowel resection
• Hysterectomy
• C-section

4. Appendectomy
• An appendectomy is the surgery to remove the appendix when it is
infected.
• This condition is called Appendicitis.
• Appendectomy is a common emergency surgery,
• Appendectomy is needed to remove the appendix if the patient has the
symptoms od appendicitis.
• This procedure is when the appendix becomes sore, swollen and
infected.
• Is appendectomy is not performed-the appendix will burst within 48 to
72 hours in appendicitis, if surgically not removed, it will cause
• Peritonitis in the belly and cause infection.

5. cholecystectomy
• A cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the Gallbladder.
• The Gallbladder is a .
small organ under the liver in the upper right side of the abdomen.
A cholecystectomy is performed when the patient is having lumps of
solid material {gall stones}
If red or swollen [inflamed] or infected [cholecystitis] or if any cancer is
present cholecystectomy is performed.

6. Hysterectomy
• An hysterectomy is an operation that removes the uterus through a cut
in the lower belly.
• This is an open procedure,
• The uterus also called as womb, is where the baby grows, when a
female is pregnant,
• A partial hysterectomy removes the uterus, leaving the neck of the
womb in place [cervix],
• Total hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus and cervix,
• Hysterectomy is done because of: heavy vaginal bleeding,
uterus fibroids, severe pain with the menses, uterus prolapse,
Cervix or uterine cancer, recurrent uterine polyps.

7. Hernia repair
• Hernia occurs when a part of the abdominal cavity bulges out
of
its original location when its usually contained, or because of
weak muscles.
A surgical procedure is performed to help return the bulging
pieces
of the intestine or abdominal tissues back to its original safe
place.

8. Bowel resection or Enterectomy
• A bowel resection is a surgery to remove any part of the bowel.
• This includes the small intestine, large intestine or rectum,
• This procedure is used to treat diseases and blockages in the intestine,
• Bowel disease conditions can put your life at risk and danger
because the condition will not let the bowel to work as they should,
This causes symptoms like: abdominal pai and discomfort
Conditions like: cancer, blockage, diverticulitis, infection, severe
bleeding.

9. C-Section
• C-section is the surgical removal of the baby/delivery of the baby
• A cut is made in the in the mothers abdomen and uterus,
• Doctors perform C-section if the mother has no ability to apply the
necessary pressure, or if the head of the baby is large, if mother
pelvic girdle is small, if no natural delivery is possible doctors perform
a safer method called C-section,
an incision is made up-and-down[vertical],
or across from side to side[horizontal].

10. INCISION
• An incision usually refers to a cut that’s made by a surgeon during the
surgery,
• A wound is voluntarily made especially in surgery by incision or cut
on the tissues to treat a health problem-
by exposing the inner part of the human body.

11. Types of incision
• Vertical incision
midline incision
paramedian incision.
.Transverse and oblique incision
Kochers subcostal incision,
Mc burneys grid iron or muscle splitting incision,
Pfannenstiel incision,
Maylard transverse muscle cutting incision,
Oblique muscle cutting incision,
Thoraco-abdominal incision.

12. Midline incision [upper and lower]
full Midline incision

13. Paramedian incision

14. Kochers incision

17. Pfannenstiel incision

18. Maylards incision

19. Thoraco-abdominal incision

20. Complications of incision
• Hematoma, stitch abscess,
• Wound infection,
• Wound dehiscence,
• Burst abdomen,
• Fistula formation,
• Wound pain,
• Adhesion and its complications,
• Unsightly scar.