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Page 952 1 As a result of those findings being normal 2 or negative, did you make a decision to perform more 3 surgery? 4 A We decided we would do what is called a mini 5 laparotomy, make a small incision in the abdomen and 6 look inside and feel inside and see if there is 7 something that might be the source of the malignancy 8 in the umbilical hernia and also give us an 9 opportunity to feel the other organs in the abdomen 10 such as the liver or spleen. 11 Q When you say you performed a mini 12 laparotomy, was Mr. Vandergucht put on general 13 anesthesia for that? 14 A He was. 15 Q Where approximately -- would you show us on 16 your own body where you would make the incision? 17 A Small rectus incision just to the right of 18 the umbilicus approximately four inches in length. 19 Q Then what did you do? 20 A We went into the abdominal cavity and 21 drained a large amount of what we call acidic fluid