Serious abdominal injuries were found in 86 patients (75 percent), and half of these had two or more organs injured. The injury rate in patients with omental herniation was three times that of ...

Take, for example, the omentum: a large, apron-like fatty tissue hanging from the stomach that covers organs within the peritoneum, such as the stomach and intestines. It not only stores fat but ...

Abdominal subcutaneous (SAT ... and the distal portion of the greater omentum, respectively. Samples were immediately carried to the laboratory. To measure adipocyte diameter, collagen and ...