In a TRAM flap reconstruction, the contralateral rectus abdominis is transferred along ... procedure that compromises the TRAM flap's vascular supply, are not ideal candidates for TRAM flap ...

"Diastasis" means separation. "Recti" refers to your ab muscles called the "rectus abdominis." When the ab muscles move aside like this, the uterus, bowels, and other organs have only a thin band ...

TRAM refers to the transverse rectus ... blood supply, and is reattached to the blood vessels present in the breast area. DIEP is short for ‘deep inferior epigastric perforator artery ...

Your body has many ways of surprising you — and pregnancy can give you the most surprises of all! Weight gain, a sore lower back, billowing breasts, and skin color changes are all par for the ...

Uptake of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate by the rectus abdominis muscle was unexpectedly found in a 29 year old man who had started to perform 30 to 40 sit ups a day for five days before the ...

Background Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) has been defined as an impairment characterised by a midline separation of the 2 rectus abdominis (RA) muscles along the linea alba (LA) aponeurose. This ...

Although it's important to remember that your rectus abdominis is actually one long muscle that travels from your lower chest to your pelvis and that most abdominal specific exercises train the ...