title: Spigelian hernia: a rare lateral ventral hernia.
abstract: The authors take a treated clinical case as a starting point to consider lateral ventral hernia, generally referred to as "Spigelian hernia". Such hernias are rare (1-2% of all hernias), with a slightly higher incidence in the female sex. Obesity and multiparous status are known to be predisposing factors. Instrumental tests of great importance in terms of specificity and definition such as ultrasonography and computed tomography are available, in cases of diagnostic doubt, for a pathology that in any case has to be detected early in order to avoid possible complications. The treatment is essentially surgical. A personal variant of the surgical repair technique is described with the use of prosthetic material, which guarantees a better result in terms of strength and resistance compared to simple repair surgery.
authors.affiliation: Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, V Divisione di Chirurgia Generale e Tecniche Speciali.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petronella
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freda
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nunziata
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manganiello
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antropoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans