Mesh Repair of Rectus Diastasis for Abdominoplasty is Safer than Suture Plication

Background:. Concerns regarding infection, extrusion, and pain have traditionally precluded the use of mesh to treat severe rectus diastasis during abdominoplasty in the United States. We describe a mesh abdominoplasty technique, and we hypothesize that the complication rate using mesh is greater th...

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Main Authors: Rachita Sood, MD, MPH, Lindsay E. Janes, MD, Nikita Shah, BS, Daniel C. Sasson, BA, Marco F. Ellis, MD, Gregory A. Dumanian, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-08-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003721