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Umbilicoplasty Without Scars: My Personal Experience

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The naval completes the final appearance of the abdomen in its integral form after the tummy tuck, and umbilicoplasty is a very important aspect in this procedure. In this chapter, I describe an umbilicoplasty technique for a tummy tuck that does not leave any external wounds and the results are very close to the navel from a natural abdomen. This is my personal experience.

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    Harold Villalobos Cárdenas M.D.

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Villalobos Cárdenas, H. (2018). Umbilicoplasty Without Scars: My Personal Experience. In: Murillo, W. (eds) Omphaloplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64313-7_12

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