Surgical incisions

APPENDIX 3

Surgical incisions

Surgical incisions

302

A3

Median sternotomy

Right subcostal (open cholecystectomy) Horizontal transabdominal Appendicectomy Right inguinal (hernia repair)

Bilateral subcostal with median extension (liver transplant) Left paramedian (laparotomy) Lower midline

Suprapubic

A

Lateral thoracotomy

Limited thoracotomy

Thoracolaparotomy

Left transverse lumbar (nephrectomy)

B Figure showing common surgical incisions. Reproduced from Pryor and Prasad (2002), with kind permission.