Small optical instruments can be inserted through the abdominal wall to directly visualize the interior of the abdomen. Some surgeries can be done using laparoscopic techniques. Recovery from this type of surgery, unlike open surgery, often takes only a day and the patient usually returns home the next morning. This is an illustration of the female reproductive system. Both internal and external views are shown here.
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that causes infection of the genitals.
They frequently lodge in the skin surface, forming a small red infected area. Sometimes a person with severe gonococcemia may have only a few skin lesions.