During my training, I took care of a man in his 50s with a devastating surgical complication: his abdominal incision had split open a week after an emergency operation.

在我的培训期间，我照顾一个50多岁的合并有严重的手术并发症的男患者，他的腹部切口在急诊手术后一周裂开了。

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Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas.

通过此切口，二氧化碳气体把胸腔充得肿胀起来。

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Hernias can develop at these or other areas due to heavy strain on the abdominal wall, aging, injury, an old incision or a weakness present from birth.

由于年老、受伤、旧的手术切口、或者先天的皮肤薄弱，腹壁在压力下会从薄弱的地方(或其它地方)产生疝气。任何年龄的人都可以患有疝气。

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If the ectopic pregnancy is causing heavy bleeding or the fallopian tube has ruptured, you might need emergency surgery through an abdominal incision (laparotomy).

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Among other possible complications Rachel Alexandra might face are abdominal adhesions, septic peritonitis, and infections of the surgical incision.

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