Laparoscopic management of lumbar hernia.
We describe (for the first time) a laparoscopic approach to repair an acquired superior triangle lumbar hernia in a morbidly obese woman by using prosthetic mesh. Such a technique provides an excellent anatomic view, thus avoiding injury to structures in proximity to the hernia during repair; eventually the well-known advantages of such approach result.
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Department of Surgery, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, P.O. Box 21, 22100 affiliated to the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Haj
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Eitan
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D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D013526:Surgical Mesh