Laparo-Endoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia and Rectus Diastasis. [PDF]
JSLS, 2021 Both umbilical and epigastric hernias may be associated with rectus muscle divarication. In such cases, isolated repair of combined hernia defects can have high recurrence rates and poorer cosmetic outcomes, thus the repair of both pathologies ought to be favored.
Moga D, Buia F, Oprea V.
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Australian women’s experiences of post-partum rectus diastasis: A qualitative study [PDF]
Women's HealthBackground: Post-partum rectus diastasis, or the separation of the abdominal muscles after pregnancy, occurs in conjunction with physical symptoms and impaired quality of life.
Siobhan Elizabeth Fitzpatrick +4 more
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Abdominoplasty and rectus diastasis repair-a plastic surgeon's perspective. [PDF]
HerniaAbstract Rectus diastasis repair can be approached in many different ways from robotic to open. However, a large part of the transformation a plastic surgeon can offer a patient who is seeking a diastasis repair is to combine the rectus diastasis repair with body contouring procedures.
Bishop SN.
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A Proposed Classification and Treatment Algorithm for Rectus Diastasis: A Prospective Study. [PDF]
Aesthetic Plast Surg, 2022 Abstract Background This study presents a classification system and treatment method to correct Rectus diastasis (RD) during abdominoplasty. Materials and methods One hundred and sixty seven patients undergoing abdominoplasty were enrolled between April 2014 and January 2018.
Keramidas E, Rodopoulou S, Gavala MI.
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Surgical techniques for repair of abdominal rectus diastasis: a scoping review
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2021 Rectus diastasis is characterized by widening and laxity of the linea alba, causing the abdominal content to bulge. Rectus diastasis is treated either conservatively with physiotherapy, or surgically, surgical treatment showing especially convincing results.
Majken Lyhne Jessen +2 more
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Predictive Factors in the Outcome of Surgical Repair of Abdominal Rectus Diastasis. [PDF]
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 2016 Background: The aim of this study was to define the indicators predicting improved abdominal wall function after surgical repair of abdominal rectus diastasis (ARD). Preoperative subjective assessment quantified by the validated Ventral Hernia Pain Questionnaire (VHPQ) was related to relative postoperative functional ...
Strigård K +3 more
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Laparoscopic extraperitoneal techniques in ventral hernia repair: a retrospective comparative study of TAPP and TEP [PDF]
Journal of Abdominal Wall SurgeryBackgroundVentral hernia repair has traditionally been performed laparoscopically using the intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) technique, which is simple and widely available but carries the drawback of mesh–viscera contact.
R. Croceri +4 more
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Evaluation of functional outcomes following rectus diastasis repair—an up-to-date literature review [PDF]
Hernia: the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery, 2021 A Olsson +2 more
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Long-term follow-up after surgical repair of abdominal rectus diastasis: A Prospective Randomized Study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2021 E Swedenhammar +2 more
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Prevalence of Symptomatic Established Rectus Diastasis of Parity in Primiparous Women: A Prospective Cohort Study From Early Pregnancy to 1-Year Postpartum. [PDF]
World J SurgRectus diastasis of parity is the separation of the abdominal muscles that can occur after childbearing. We hypothesized that a subpopulation of women with rectus diastasis also present with back pain and/or urinary incontinence, a condition referred to as symptomatic established rectus diastasis, and this results in impaired health‐related quality of ...
Fitzpatrick SE +3 more
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