[Results of surgical treatment of diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles].

The work gives a comparative analysis of the treatment of 249 patients with diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles according to the degree of restoration of the working capacity, the existence of gastrointestinal discomfort, recurrence of the disease, and the dynamics of changes of the morphological and functional values of these muscles. The clinical and functional-morphological results were best after plastics of the anterior abdominal wall by the method suggested by the authors. With the use of this method the results were good in 40 (71.4%) and satisfactory in 16 (28.6%) of patients. Recurrences were not encountered.