title: Repair of large midline abdominal-wall hernias by a running strip of abdominal skin.
abstract: Our experience with a full-thickness running strip of abdominal skin for the treatment of large midline abdominal hernias has been very positive. The mechanical properties of the skin strip allow one to reestablish a normal anatomy by bringing the rectus muscle in contact. Clinical and histologic studies have shown that the full-thickness skin rapidly loses its epidermal components and appears to transform itself into a dense connective tissue very similar to normal aponeurosis.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods