ABSTRACT
What abdominal incisions are you aware of and what are their advantages and disadvantages? What is the ideal abdominal incision? What are the factors to be considered while planning a surgical incision? What are the advantages of transverse abdominal incisions? What are the important principles regarding the closing of the abdominal incision? What is Jenkins’ rule? What are the complications of abdominal incisions? What are the differences between Lanz’s and McBurney’s incisions for appendicectomy? What are the different layers of the anterior abdominal wall that you go through when performing a laparotomy?
