title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of spigelian hernia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A Spigelian hernia is a congenital defect in the transversus aponeurosis fascia. Traditionally, an anterior hernioplasty was used to repair these defects. This study aimed to document our experience with laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for Spigelian hernia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight patients underwent laparoscopic transabdominal Spigelian hernia repair. All patients underwent creation of a peritoneal flap, sac dissection, identification and approximation of the fascial defect, mesh reinforcement, and reperitonealization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients presented with pain. An intermittent palpable mass was noticed in 4 patients. One third of the patients had undergone prior surgery and none had an incisional hernia. Only 1 patient presented with severe pain for 1 day; however, there was no bowel strangulation intraoperatively. All patients underwent laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair. No postoperative complications occurred. There have been no recurrences at a mean follow-up of 41 months (range, 8 to 96).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of Spigelian hernia is safe, easy, and feasible for experienced laparoscopic surgeons.
authors.affiliation: GEM Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. p@gemhospital.net
authors.forename: Chinnaswamy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palanivelu
authors.forename: Malladi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vijaykumar
authors.forename: Kalpesh V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Jani
authors.forename: Pidigue Seshiyer
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rajan
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Maheshkumaar
authors.forename: Subbiah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajapandian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged