TY - JOUR
T1 - Umbilical hernia repair in conjunction with abdominoplasty
T2 - a surgical technique to maintain umbilical blood supply.
AU - Bruner, Terrence W.
AU - Salazar-Reyes, Hector
AU - Friedman, Jeffrey D.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Abdominal wall hernias are often diagnosed on clinical examination or encountered intraoperatively during an abdominoplasty. Traditional surgical techniques for abdominoplasty and umbilical hernia repair, when performed simultaneously, can potentially compromise the vascular supply to the umbilicus. The authors describe a simplified surgical technique for the correction of umbilical hernias in conjunction with abdominoplasty. This procedure avoids any fascial incisions immediately adjacent to the umbilicus, thereby maintaining a maximal blood supply to the umbilical stalk. Over a six-year period, 17 patients underwent the described procedure. None have had a recurrence of their hernia or umbilical necrosis, and the aesthetics of the umbilicus have been improved.
AB - Abdominal wall hernias are often diagnosed on clinical examination or encountered intraoperatively during an abdominoplasty. Traditional surgical techniques for abdominoplasty and umbilical hernia repair, when performed simultaneously, can potentially compromise the vascular supply to the umbilicus. The authors describe a simplified surgical technique for the correction of umbilical hernias in conjunction with abdominoplasty. This procedure avoids any fascial incisions immediately adjacent to the umbilicus, thereby maintaining a maximal blood supply to the umbilical stalk. Over a six-year period, 17 patients underwent the described procedure. None have had a recurrence of their hernia or umbilical necrosis, and the aesthetics of the umbilicus have been improved.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.asj.2009.02.012
DO - 10.1016/j.asj.2009.02.012
M3 - Letter
C2 - 19725180
AN - SCOPUS:70449700290
VL - 29
SP - 333
EP - 334
JO - Aesthetic surgery journal / the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic surgery
JF - Aesthetic surgery journal / the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic surgery
SN - 1090-820X
IS - 4
ER -