title: Lumbar hernia: clinical analysis of 11 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lumbar hernia is a relatively rare phenomenon. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical manifestation, the diagnosis of lumbar hernia, and the outcome of the surgical procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven cases of lumbar hernia were studied by clinical observation retrospectively from July 1998 to July 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients were diagnosed clinically and confirmed operatively. The typical manifestation was a semi-spherical painful mass in the superior or inferior triangle. If the gut was incarcerated, bowel obstruction may subsequently develop. Ten of the eleven patients were treated successfully.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical symptoms and signs usually allow for easy diagnosis. Excision of the sac and high ligation, followed by repair using either surrounding tissue or prosthetic material, provided satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bata General Hospital, Equatorial Guinea. zhouxuelu@tom.com
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Nve
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016703:Equatorial Guinea; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome