title: Concomitant abdominoplasty and umbilical hernia repair using the Ventralex hernia patch.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients requesting abdominoplasty often have concomitant umbilical hernias and may request simultaneous treatment. The vascularity of the umbilicus is potentially at risk during these combined procedures. In this study, the authors present a technique for treating umbilical hernias at the time of abdominoplasty surgery using the Ventralex hernia patch.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 11 female patients with a mean age of 39.4 years (range, 28 to 51 years) undergoing abdominoplasty with umbilical hernia repair with the Ventralex patch were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean body mass index was 27.6 kg/m (range, 20 to 34 kg/m). No vascular compromise of the umbilicus was seen. The hernia repair did not alter the abdominoplasty results. One patient had transient umbilical swelling postoperatively that resolved within 6 months postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors present a series of umbilical hernia repairs in abdominoplasty patients using a minimal access incision by means of the rectus fascia and the Ventralex patch that is fast and reliable and preserves the blood supply to the umbilicus.
authors: New York and Great Neck, N.Y.; and Englewood, N.J. From private practice; Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System; Lenox Hill Hospital; Mount Sinai School of Medicine; and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.
authors: Ryan M
authors: RM
authors: Neinstein
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Matarasso
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Abramson
mesh_terms: D061645:Abdominoplasty / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh