Rectus diastasis corrected with absorbable suture: A long-term evaluation

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Nahas, Fabio Xerfan ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a   Ely, Pedro Bins ^a   Ghelfond, Charles ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Jaraguá   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Abdominoplasty; Anterior rectus sheath; Nahas' type A musculoaponeurotic deformity; Rectus diastasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952484017     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-010-9554-2     Document Type: Article

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