title: Sutureless meshplasty in lumbar hernia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lumbar hernia is a rare hernia arising through posterolateral abdominal wall defects. Different techniques of repair are reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors present their experience of 4 lumbar hernias during a short span of 9 months. All surgical repairs were performed using synthetic mesh placed in the extraperitoneal space, below the muscular layers, using a sutureless tension-free technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients were 3 children and 1 adult, all males. All hernias were through superior triangle. Duration of surgery ranged between 60 and 80 minutes. There were no surgical complications. The mean hospital stay was 2.5 days. All patients are well on follow-up till date.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sutureless tension-free meshplasty of these rare hernias can be successfully performed with the posterior approach. This method of repair is easy, safe, and effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, India. gargchaitanya@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Chaitanya P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Gulab
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Pushpendra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome