Umbilical scar autonomization: a safe technique for secondary abdominoplasties Autonomização da cicatriz umbilical: técnica segura para abdominoplastias secundárias

BACKGROUND: In lipominiabdominoplasty and mid-abdominoplasty procedures, the umbilicus is usually undermined from its aponeurotic fixation; this modifies its normal vascular pattern. In patients undergoing these procedures and candidates for a secondary classic abdominoplasty, trophic changes, inclu...

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Main Authors: Liacyr Ribeiro, Marcelo Castro Marcal Pessoa, Roberto Braga Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-51752011000300020