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[A surgical method of abdominal wall reconstruction in prune belly syndrome]
1Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerstyerbrannte der Städtischen Krankenanstalten Köln-Merheim.
Abstract:
The "Prune Belly"-syndrome consists of a triad of anomalies: absence or hypoplastic musculature of the abdominal wall, bilateral cryptorchidism, and dilatation of the urinary tract. A surgical method of construction of the abdominal wall in such a case with a missing rectus abdominis is reported.