0 relating to a fascia (= a layer of strong, stretchy tissue that covers, separates or holds together different organs, muscles, blood vessels, and nerves)
The wound was irrigated with saline and closed in two layers with 3-0 silk (fascial plane) and surgical skin staples.
Postnatal management and outcome of anterior abdominal wall defects enteral feeding with primary fascial closure.
The renal fat pads surround the kidneys and are enclosed in their own distinct fascial compartments.
The opening of fascial spaces may be facilitated by pathogenic bacterial release of enzymes which cause tissue lysis (e.g. hyaluronidase and collagenase).
The swollen, inflamed muscle may directly compress structures in the same fascial compartment, causing compartment syndrome.
This is caused by the limitation of the blood to a subcutaneous or intramuscular tissue space isolated by fascial planes.
However, if fascial contraction can be interrupted long enough, a reverse form of fascial remodeling occurs.
Myofibroblasts are fascial cells that are created as a response to mechanical stress.
