[An improved technique for transverse pelvic incisions: supra-pubian deinsertion of rectus abdominis (author's...

Deinsertion of the rectus muscles allows an esthaetic supra-pubian transverse incision, enlargeable at will and yielding a solid repair. The technique has the same indications, and many more, as the Pfannenstiel incision. For those who keep on using the latter the present technique always enables the surgeon to transform a narrow field into a large transverse laporotomy.