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Hernia surgery but have diastasis recti

TalldzMay 17, 2022
Are you a general surgeon? If so, I have a question that I was wondering if you would answer.Do you think it would be acceptable for a general surgeon when they are repairing an umbilical hernia surgery and notice diastasis recti in a patient, to fix that the diastasis recti from rib cage down to navel only and charge the patient without any prior approval? Would there be a situation that you can think of that that doing so would be a necessity?

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