title: Concomitant sublay mesh repair of umbilical hernia and abdominoplasty.
abstract: Concomitant mesh repair of large umbilical hernias and abdominoplasty pose a serious risk of devascularizing the umbilical stalk. A technique of placing mesh in a sublay manner, deep to the fascial defect, for an umbilical herniorrhaphy to avoid damage to the deep umbilical perforators during an abdominoplasty is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: McKnight
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Cobb
authors.forename: Dane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Alfredo M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carbonell
keywords: Abdominoplasty; Retrorectus; Umbilical hernia