2004
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4524
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Incidence and outcome of surgical repair of spigelian hernia

Abstract: Spigelian hernia is commonly encountered and requires surgical treatment because of the risk of strangulation. Operative treatment is simple and effective in the long term.

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“…This hernia is uncommon and clinical diagnosis can be difficult. The appearance of the lesion is comparable with others in and around the abdominal wall, including rectus sheath hematoma, seroma, parietal abscess, 7 lipoma, peritoneal tumor implants and pseudocyst at the end of the ventriculoperitoneal shunts.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…This hernia is uncommon and clinical diagnosis can be difficult. The appearance of the lesion is comparable with others in and around the abdominal wall, including rectus sheath hematoma, seroma, parietal abscess, 7 lipoma, peritoneal tumor implants and pseudocyst at the end of the ventriculoperitoneal shunts.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…These techniques can help to make a diagnosis and specially can provide data on the exact location of the defect, size, environment and hernia sac content. The use of imaging techniques ranged from 30% to 100% in different series (15,16). Ultrasonography can establish the diagnosis but provides less specificity than CT scan as has quite false negatives in obesity patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2) Para el tratamiento, reparamos la pared abdominal sin tensión, por abordaje a cielo abierto, cerrando el defecto y colocando malla de polipropileno en todos los casos, según el tamaño del defecto, o plug o parche, en posición sublay. La literatura recomienda tratar la hernia en el momento del diagnóstico [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] . Puede realizarse además por abordaje laparoscópico, según lo describen algunos autores 17,18 .…”
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