ArticleVisceral medicine2019
Spigelian Hernia: Case Series and Review of the Literature.
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- Navigating hernia sac management in minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair: to abandon or to reduce? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Spigelian hernias in the adult population: a systematic review of the literature.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Revisiting Spigelian hernia with emphasis on diagnostic challenges and outcomes of open mesh repair: a case report of two patients.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Spigelian Hernia Unveiled: A Case Report of Unexpectedly Extended Hernial Sac and Successful Surgical Intervention.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Spigelian hernias: A high volume institutional review.Surgery open science · 2023Article
- Spigelian hernia: current approaches to surgical treatment-a review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Review
- Non-strangulated Spigelian Hernia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Effect of complete reduction of hernia sac and transection of hernia sac during laparoscopic indirect inguinal hernia repair on seroma.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of a novel preperitoneal sublay repair with traditional onlay repair of morgagni hernia: a tale of two techniques.Journal of robotic surgery · 2021Article
- A rare discovery of Spigelian-cryptorchidism syndrome in adult.Urology case reports · 2021Article
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- Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) for the Treatment of Spigelian hernias.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSpigelian hernia (SH) is an uncommon ventral abdominal hernia. Traditionally repaired with an open technique, the laparoscopic approach is becoming more common and widely described in the literature. We hold that the transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approach restores the anatomy and prevents complications such as seroma. We present a series of SH repair carried out at a single district general hospital over the past 13 years and a review of the literature.
methodsA retrospective case note review identified SH repaired between January 2005 and March 2018 at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK. A Medline search for 'Spigelian hernia' and 'laparoscopic' revealed 41 papers for review.
results33 patients underwent repair of SH. We found that the TAPP repair with a mesh is anatomically the most sound repair, with all the added benefits of keyhole surgery, i.e. reduced hospital stay, quicker recovery, and fewer infections. Our complication rates matched those described in the literature.
conclusionsSeveral operative techniques have been described to repair SH. We favour the laparoscopic TAPP approach which is safe, aids in confirming the correct diagnosis, and has all the benefits of keyhole surgery.
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