ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
Mesh Repair of Rectus Diastasis for Abdominoplasty is Safer than Suture Plication.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Open Versus Laparoscopic Surgical Management of Rectus Diastasis: Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of Complications and Recurrence Rates.World journal of surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Rectus diastasis is not a single entity: phenotype-specific controversies in surgical management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Review
- Improved quality of life after combined plastic and general surgical retromuscular mesh repair for abdominal wall hernia with concurrent rectus diastasis: a retrospective cohort study of 59 post-partum woman.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
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- Mesh suture repair of rectus diastasis with and without a concurrent ventral hernia.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Diastasis recti abdominis: A comprehensive review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Review
- Long-term outcomes of open midline ventral hernia repair using a narrow well-fixed retrorectus polypropylene mesh.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Clinical and Radiological Evaluation of Onlay Mesh Abdominoplasty in Obese Multiparous Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Rectus Diastasis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Umbilicus Necrosis During Mesh Repair of Rectus Diastasis for Abdominoplasty: Practical Tips for Prevention and Treatment.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Novel Approach for Umbilical Hernia Repair Using Mesh Strips.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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- Mesh abdominoplasty for rectus diastasis in women and men.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
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 than the complication rate of suture plication.
methodsInclusion criteria for mesh abdominoplasty were patients who (1) had retrorectus planar mesh for repair of rectus diastasis, (2) did not have concurrent ventral hernia, and (3) underwent skin tailoring. Patients who underwent rectus plication with suture, and met criteria 2 and 3 above were included in a sample of consecutive standard abdominoplasty patients. The primary endpoint was surgical site occurrence at any time after surgery, as determined with review of their office and hospital medical records. Secondary endpoints included surgical site infection, revision rates, postoperative course, and aesthetics assessed with their last set of office photographs.
resultsSurgical site occurrence rate was 0% of the 40 patients in the mesh group and 19% of the 37 patients in the standard group (
conclusionsRetrorectus mesh placement in a cohort of patients with severe rectus diastasis had a complication rate lower than that seen in a cohort of patients with less severe rectus diastasis, therefore negating our original hypothesis. This was done without compromising aesthetic improvement.
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