Open Kidney Surgery: Difference between revisions

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*** '''Begins at the tip of the 11th rib'''
*** '''Begins at the tip of the 11th rib'''
*** '''Continues approximately two fingerbreadths below and parallel to the costal margin, curves superiorly in the midline, travels parallel to the contralateral costal margin, and terminates at the tip of the contralateral 11th rib.'''
*** '''Continues approximately two fingerbreadths below and parallel to the costal margin, curves superiorly in the midline, travels parallel to the contralateral costal margin, and terminates at the tip of the contralateral 11th rib.'''
*** INSERT FIGURE
*** [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Incisions_of_the_torso.svg '''Incision L''']
**Enter peritoneum
**Enter peritoneum
***Divide both sides of the anterior rectus sheath
***Divide both sides of the anterior rectus sheath