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Ideal Position and Shape of the Umbilicus

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The umbilicus is exposed by women and men at various times in public, and an attractive umbilicus can be important. The author discusses the umbilical position and the means physicians have used to determine what appears to be normal. The shape of the umbilicus has different ideas as to what is ideal.

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Shiffman, M.A. (2017). Ideal Position and Shape of the Umbilicus. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Adult Umbilical Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43887-0_3

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