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Please doc, i had a.inguinal surgery. and the said he had cut part of my omentum. what is that?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Abdominal fatty: There is a structure called omentum which is fatty mobile structure which hangs from upper stomach and which fills some hernias. Loss of part or even all is not serious in itself.

Dr Anyanwu agreed

Answered 8/28/2017

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