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DIVARICATION OF THE RECTI, OR ABDOMINAL INCISIONAL HERNIA? A SIMPLE DIFFERENTIATING CLINICAL TEST
Author(s) -
Hugh Thomas B.,
Chen Frank C.,
Hugh Thomas J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incisional hernia , hernia , abdominal wall , surgery , test (biology) , general surgery , paleontology , biology
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.