The authors identified 43 cases without greater omentectomy that had residual omentum described in the operative notes. During a median follow-up of 25.9 months, 24 (55.8%) ...

COMPARATIVE histological examinations of the greater omentum have shown that the characteristic ‘milk spots’ of the human omentum are an equally constant and striking feature of this membrane ...

L ook down. See any belly fat? The answer should be yes, for everyone — because that fat pad isn’t just sitting there quietly. Some of it is actually part of an organ called the omentum.

First, retracting the left liver lobe laparoscopic reduction of the stomach and attached portions of the greater omentum was conducted (Figure 3A–C) opening the view to a giant hiatal defect ...

The omentum of the rabbit shows greater activity at the height of antibody production, as evidenced by increased phagocytic ability and more intense degree of vital staining of the clasmatocytes, and ...

These initial experiments confirmed the OM OC cells' PPP response to oxidative stress generated by omental fatty acid metabolism. The elevated levels of G6PD observed in these samples provided a link.

Scientists have demonstrated the pivotal role of an enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), in facilitating ovarian cancer (OC) growth and metastasis in the omentum, a curtain of fatty ...