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What is a plication?

What is a plication? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) An act of folding. [from 15th c.]
  2. (biology) A fold or pleat. [from 18th c.]
  3. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place. [from 20th c.]
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With bilateral paralysis, bilateral plication improves the efficiency of the rib cage muscles in generating tidal volume.
Kelly plication stitches are then placed periurethrally and tied in the midline.
This repair may be bolstered with absorbable mesh to reduce the cystocele during plication and further strengthen the fascial reapproximation.
Recently, we have begun to perform arthroscopic capsular plication in patients with significant capsule redundancy and laxity.
From there, plication was continued toward the mid-axillary line, resulting in a large part of the plicated tissue being located in the central tendon.
The fascial plication effectively relocates the cystocele behind the reconstituted pelvic floor.

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