DIVARICATION OF THE RECTI, OR ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL HERNIA? A SIMPLE DIFFERENTIATING CLINICAL TEST
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 61 (11) , 819-820
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00163.x
Abstract
We describe a simple clinical test to differentiate divarication—a condition of unusually wide separation of the rectus abdominis muscles which requires no treatment, from incisional hernia, which usually merits surgical repair.Keywords
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