title: [How is an abdominal hernia formed?].
abstract: Abdomen can be compared in broad outline with an irregular cylinder, limited at the top by the diaphragm and below by the pond. The walls of this cylinder are musculo-aponevrotic and present "zones of weakness" seats of the hernias of the abdominal wall. We propose a topographic anatomical approach of abdominal hernias.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie, faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, Service de chirurgie viscérale, CHU de Poitiers, hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers. j.p.faure@chu-poitiers.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carretier
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Richer
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000503:physiopathology; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors