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rectus /rec·tus/ (rek´tus) [L.] straight.
rectus [rek´tus] (L.)
straight.

rectus
[L.] straight.

rectus abdominis muscle
see Table 13.2.
ocular rectus muscle
see Table 13.1F.
rectus sheath
the sleeve of fascia which surrounds the rectus abdominis muscle and which is derived from the aponeurotic tendons of the other abdominal muscles.


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During Caesarean section, a Pfannenstiel incision is preferred; this involves a transverse incision of 8-12 cm across the fascia of the rectus sheath, external oblique, internal oblique and the transversus abdominis muscles supra-pubically.
First, a Verres needle (Ethicon EndoSurgery, Cincinnati, Ohio) was threaded unilaterally through the right or left rectus sheath from the fascial edge below the arcuate line to the superior fascial apex (Fig.
 
 
 
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