الفهرس 
Anatomy of Anterior Abdominal Wall
Skin and Subcutaneous tissueOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Abdominal wall function is disturbed by defects that
can occur in it due to different etiologies, causing various
complications, ranging from simple to major and lifethreatening insults to the patients
The complexity of this problem is increasing with more
patients presenting to our healthcare facilities after
surviving serious injuries to the abdominal wall; due to
recent advances in the critical care of these patients,
however surviving but with more significant
comorbidities.
High morbidity of these defects has encouraged many
surgeons to innovate new techniques to solve this
problem, aiming at enhancing patient’s quality of life.
The reconstruction surgery should not only aim at
restoring the continuity of the abdominal wall, but also at
regaining the function and integrity of it as much as
possible.
Various modalities have been developed for
reconstruction of anterior abdominal wall defects, these
include: primary tension-free closure, vacuum assisted
closure, skin and fascial grafts, mesh repair using either
prosthetic or bioprosthetic materials, component separation, tissue expansion, local muscle and
musculocutaneous flaps, free flaps, and tissue
transplantation.
Advances in medical industry of materials and devices,
together with recent techniques developed by surgeons,
have succeeded to minimize the morbidity and mortality
of this problem.
Getting exposed and well trained to these techniques
and knowledge of recent advances in medical technology
is the key to reach better solutions for this complex
problem.