Laparoscopic management of lumbar hernia

Abstract

We describe (for the first time) a laparoscopic approach to repair an acquired superior triangle lumbar hernia in a morbidly obese woman by using prosthetic mesh. Such a technique provides an excellent anatomic view, thus avoiding injury to structures in proximity to the hernia during repair; eventually the well-known advantages of such approach result.

Bilateral Lumbar Hernias - A Case Report and An Overview of the Current Literature

“…Primary repair is challenging due to inadequate fascia around the defect making tensionless repair difficult [20]. Various primary repair [21], tissue flaps [9,17,22,23] and mesh repairs (including laparoscopic trans abdominal [3,[24][25][26][27] and retroperitoneoscopic approaches [19,[28][29][30] had been described. In view of the high failure rates observed in primary repair with facial closure, the principle of tensionless repair by the use of prosthesis became more popular in Lumbar hernia repairs.…”

Lumbar hernia repair: Myth or reality?

“…Arca et al, [11] Heniford et al, [12] and Bickel et al [13] recommend the laparoscopic technique as the method of choice for lumbar hernia repair for reasons of its simplicity and safety, and the quick recovery of the patient. In our study, we performed three laparoscopic intraperitoneal mesh repairs.…”

A case of inferior lumbar hernia

“…Lately in the laparoscopic era, lumbar hernias are repaired laparoscopicaly with prosthetic mesh. 10 …”