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Diastasis Recti
Aka: Diastasis Recti
- See Also
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia in Children
- Sports Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Femoral Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Paraumbilical Hernia
- Epigastric Hernia
- Incisional Hernia
- Spigelian Hernia
- Hernia Reduction
- Pathophysiology
- Separation of right and left rectus Muscles
- Fascia stretches with Obesity or pregnancy
- Not a true Abdominal Hernia
- No fascial defect
- No risk of Incarcerated Hernia or Strangulated Hernia
- Signs
- Exam in supine position with head raised (increasing intraabdominal pressure)
- Diffuse, elongated midline bulge between the two contracted rectus Muscles
- Differential Diagnosis
- Umbilical Hernia
- References
- Stevens (2013) Crit Dec Emerg Med 27(9): 2