Peritoneal dialysis is a type of treatment that utilizes an individual's peritoneum or abdominal lining and a special fluid to filter the blood when the kidneys are unable to do so. Dialysis must ...

The peritoneum is a serous membrane lining the wall of the abdominal and pelvic cavities, surrounding most of the internal ...

Primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) is a rare cancer. It starts in the thin layer of tissue lining the inside of the tummy (abdomen). This tissue lining is called the peritoneum. PPC cells are the same as ...

4). Between the "bladder pillars," this loose areolar tissue was dissected from the cervix toward the uterine fundus until the peritoneal lining of the ventral cul-de-sac was identified and entered.