Long-term follow-up after surgical repair of abdominal rectus diastasis: A Prospective Randomized Study.
Ebba SwedenhammarKarin StrigårdPeter EmanuelssonUlf GunnarssonBirgit StarkPublished in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2020)
No recurrence of abdominal rectus diastasis appeared. There was no difference in quality of life or long-term pain between the two surgical groups. Implantation of retromuscular mesh entails more extensive surgery implying potentially higher risk for complications. This leads us to recommend reconstruction with double-row self-retaining sutures for the repair of abdominal rectus diastasis in patients with functional disability.