| Offset acetabular and femoral instruments and low-profile reamers fit better through the smaller incision. |
| The animals were anesthetized with diethyl ether, and their abdomens were opened by a midline incision. |
| The patient was taken to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy through a transverse umbilical incision. |
| Sites need not be marked for other procedures including those with a midline incision, cesarean-sections, laparotomies, and laparoscopies. |
| In flexor tendon tenotomy, a small incision is made behind each toe pad and a section of tendon is removed. |
| In contrast to surgery by laparotomy, the mini laparotomy uses a much smaller incision with a length of approximately 6 cm. |
