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. 2016 Nov 4;95(44):e5335. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005335

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Anterior view: anthropometric measurements, incisions, and projections. A, Skin incision; autostatic retractor: left side. AB = triangle edge, BB = triangle edge, AC = distance from the pubic symphysis to the plane of the anterior superior iliac spines, ED = incision size, right or left, AD = incision height—distance from the pubic symphysis to the incision, ÂBB = pelvic opening angle (in degrees). B, Incision “window.” In blue, incision in the subcutaneous, projection of the incision of the skin. C, In blue, subcutaneous incision. Autostatic retractor, exposing the superficial epigastric vein, tractioned with wire by Kelly forceps.