[Abdominoplasty after twin pregnancy: study of 30 cases]. 2006

S Domergue, and J Tiguemounine, and C Desouches, and A Marchadier, and G Magalon
Unité de Chirurgie Maxillofaciale et de Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Lapeyronie, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34000 Montpellier, France. domergue.sophie@caramail.com

BACKGROUND Compared to single mother-hood, the twin pregnancy results in important esthetic and functional sequelae of the abdominal wall. The considerable uterine growth involves a musculocutaneous diastasis of both the supra-umbilical and the infra-umbilical area. This study presents the modified abdominoplasty technique with an inverted T scar as the appropriate treatment of supra-umbilical and infra-umbilical musculocutaneous defects. METHODS This series reviews a total of 30 female patients of 35 years on average. There was no cases obesity or smoking reported. Surgical treatment consisted in a skin and fat resection following an inverted T scar design and associated to a muscle plication. In 6 patients it has been necessary to repeat the procedure in 6 months time. RESULTS All 30 patients resolved with an aesthetic and functional improvement. No instances of abdominal diastasis recidivation occurred. There were no complication observed and no impact on the healing process was referred. CONCLUSIONS on of the main differences between single and twin pregnancies is that the second ones are concerned by an abdominal diastasis marked on both a vertical and a transversal direction. The complete surgical treatment sometimes includes a second intervention. Clinical results and luck of complications suggest that the T-type abdominoplasty associated to a muscle re-tightening offers an appropriate surgical treatment of patients concerned.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011272 Pregnancy, Multiple The condition of carrying two or more FETUSES simultaneously. Multiple Pregnancy,Multiple Pregnancies,Pregnancies, Multiple
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013518 Surgery, Plastic The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures. Cosmetic Surgery,Esthetic Surgery,Plastic Surgery,Surgery, Cosmetic,Surgery, Esthetic,Reconstructive Surgery,Surgery, Reconstructive
D013536 Suture Techniques Techniques for securing together the edges of a wound, with loops of thread or similar materials (SUTURES). Suture Technics,Suture Technic,Suture Technique,Technic, Suture,Technics, Suture,Technique, Suture,Techniques, Suture
D014427 Twins Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC). Twin
D015187 Lipectomy Removal of localized SUBCUTANEOUS FAT deposits by SUCTION CURETTAGE or blunt CANNULATION in the cosmetic correction of OBESITY and other esthetic contour defects. Aspiration Lipectomy,Lipolysis, Suction,Liposuction,Suction Lipectomy,Aspiration Lipolysis,Lipoplasty,Aspiration Lipectomies,Lipectomies,Lipectomies, Aspiration,Lipectomies, Suction,Lipectomy, Aspiration,Lipectomy, Suction,Lipolysis, Aspiration,Lipoplasties,Liposuctions,Suction Lipectomies,Suction Lipolysis

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