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ABSTRACT
국문 초록
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 12
CHAPTER 2. Materials and Methods 14
2.1. Patients 14
2.2. Surgical Technique 14
2.3. Ultrasonographic Evaluation 15
2.4. Statistical Analysis 15
CHAPTER 3. Results 16
3.1. Patient Demographics 16
3.2. Operative Outcomes 16
3.3. Sonographic Evaluation of Muscle Thickness 17
3.4. Subgroup Analysis 17
CHAPTER 4. Discussion 18
REFERENCES 21
Table 1. Summary of patient characteristics 23
Table 2. Postoperative ultrasonographic measurement of nonoperative and operative rectus abdominis muscle thickness 25
Table 3. Subgroup analysis of preoperative and postoperative muscle thickness 26
Figure 1. Arbitrary reference measure points to ensure reproducibility 28
Figure 2. Ultrasonogram of the reference measurement point 28
Figure 3. Color doppler ultrasonography at the lower reference measure point. 29
Figure 4. Computed tomography of patient 7 29
Figure 5. Computed tomography of patient 8 30
Figure 6. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the computed tomography angiography 30