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The Effect of Quilting Sutures on the Tension Required to Advance the Abdominal Flap in Abdominoplasty

Maria Roberta Cardoso Martins, Betina Zimmermann Fontes de Moraes, Daniel Capucci Fabri, Hugo Alexandre Sócrates de Castro, Lucas Rostom, Lydia Masako Ferreira, Fábio Xerfan Nahas

Aesthetic Surgery Journal · 2021 · 10 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

The use of quilting sutures to attach the abdominal flap to the aponeurosis of the anterior abdominal wall reduced tension at the advancing edge of the flap in abdominoplasty.

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