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Two-fusiform plications are recommended for contouring the abdomen to produce a slimmer waistline in abdominoplasty, rather than the classical median xiphoid-pubic fusiform plication. This procedure was accomplished in 11 patients. After the dermoadipose flap was undermined, two fusiform shapes were marked at the transition of the sheaths of the rectus abdominis muscles with the external obliques. The slimmer waistline produced intraoperatively was maintained during the late postoperative period (mean 20 months), without loss of the natural contour between the rectus muscles. Maintenance of the natural contours of the abdominal muscles is of fundamental importance to reduce the embarrassment of a postabdominoplasty flat abdomen.
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Marques, A., Brenda, E., Pereira, M.D. et al. Abdominoplasty with two fusiform plications. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 20, 249–251 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002669900028
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