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Umbilicoplasty, sometimes referred to as "belly button surgery", is a plastic surgery procedure to modify the appearance of one's navel (or "belly button"). It may be performed as part of a tummy tuck or lower body lift operation, or it may be performed alone.
To minimize scarring, the navel is a recommended site of incision for various surgeries, including transgastric appendicectomy, [15] gall bladder surgery, [16] and the umbilicoplasty [17] procedure itself.
Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery.
An umbilical hernia is a health condition where the abdominal wall behind the navel is damaged. It may cause the navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the greater omentum or occasionally parts of the small intestine.
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The yolk sac is a membranous sac attached to an embryo, formed by cells of the hypoblast layer of the bilaminar embryonic disc.This is alternatively called the umbilical vesicle by the Terminologia Embryologica (TE), though yolk sac is far more widely used.
Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site. [1] In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis, [2] and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly.