Laparoscopic lumbar hernia repair.
Lumbar hernias are rare clinical entities that often pose a challenge for repair. Because of the surrounding anatomy, adequate surgical herniorraphy is often difficult. Minimally invasive surgery has become an option for these hernias. Herein, we describe two patients with lumbar hernias (one with a recurrent traumatic hernia and one with an incisional hernia). Both of these hernias were successfully repaired laparoscopically.
Madan
Atul K
AK
Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
Ternovits
Craig A
CA
Speck
Karen E
KE
Pritchard
F Elizabeth
FE
Tichansky
David S
DS