Prevalence of rectus diastasis is higher in patients with inguinal hernia.

C Ugurlu Hakan Gök Alpaslan Şahin B Bayar Engin Olcucuoglu Hakan Kulaçoğlu

Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2023)

The prevalence of RD seems to be higher in patients with inguinal hernia comparing to that in general population. Increased age, high BMI and DM were found to be independent risk factors for RD development.

Keyphrases

risk factors
body mass index
weight gain
type diabetes