Should diastasis recti be corrected?

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-289

  Nahas, Fabio Xerfan ^a,b   Augusto, Susy Muszkat ^a   Ghelfond, Charles ^a  

^a 1732 ^*

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Abdominoplasty; Reconstruction of rectus fascia; Rectus diastasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030748547     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900127     Document Type: Article

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