title: Laparoscopic intraperitoneal mesh repair of Spigelian hernia: A case report.
abstract: Spigelian hernia is a rare congenital defect of the anterior abdominal wall located along the semilunar line through the aponeurosis fascia of the transversus abdominis muscle. It represents 1%-2% of all abdominal wall hernias. Few cases of laparoscopic treatment for Spigelian hernia have been reported, especially in Japan. However, several reports of laparoscopic surgery to repair Spigelian hernias have been published, and some have shown that the laparoscopic approach repair is feasible because it is associated with less morbidity and a shorter hospital stay than open surgery. We herein describe a 63-year-old Japanese woman who presented with painful bulging in the right lower abdominal quadrant. A preoperative diagnosis of Spigelian hernia was made, and we performed laparoscopic intraperitoneal repair. The patient was discharged 6 days after laparoscopic surgery with no perioperative complications. This report describes the first successful laparoscopic intraperitoneal mesh repair of Spigelian hernia in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tagawa Municipal Hospital, Tagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tagawa Municipal Hospital, Tagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.|Department of Surgery, Beppu Medical Center, Beppu, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tagawa Municipal Hospital, Tagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Akito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsukuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tagawa Municipal Hospital, Tagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohnoe
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh
keywords: Laparoscopic repair; Spigelian hernia; ventral hernia