title: [Lumbar hernia].
abstract: Lumbar region constitutes one of the least common localizations for hernia formation. There are only slightly more than 300 cases found in English literature till the end of the 20th century, while there are only 8 cases presented in Polish literature. Exceptionally rare incidence together with diagnostic dilemma related to it made us to present cases of 2 patients operated on in the 2nd Chair of Surgery of Jagiellonian University Medical College due to lumbar hernia.
authors.affiliation: II Katedra Chirurgii Collegium Medicum UJ, Kraków. mbbanzaj@wp.pl
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bednarek
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolt
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Biesiada
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zub-Pokrowiecka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged