Open sutureless lumbar hernia repair using a 'memory ring' patch.
Various techniques have been used to repair lumbar hernias. We describe here a sutureless repair with a flat 'memory ring' patch performed as a day case.
Witherspoon
J
J
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, South Wales, UK.
Chakravartty
S
S
Parry
C R
CR
Williams
G L
GL
Stephenson
B M
BM
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed