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Lumbar hernia: anatomical route assessed by computed tomography

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Lumbar hernia is classically described as arising from the superior (Grynfeltt's) lumbar triangle or the inferior (Jean-Louis Petit's) lumbar triangle. The present anatomical study based on a computed tomography examination performed in a patient with lumbar hernia, has led to the suggestion that lumbar hernias cross the lumbar wall through a musculoaponeurotic tunnel, whose deep and superficial openings are the superior and inferior lumbar triangles, respectively.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg, Rue Michel Polonovski, 59045 Lille cedex, France, France

    P. Guillem, E. Czarnecki & C. Fontaine

  2. Service de Chirurgie, Centre Hospitalier, Armentières, France, France

    G. Duval & F. Bounoua

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  1. P. Guillem
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Guillem, P., Czarnecki, E., Duval, G. et al. Lumbar hernia: anatomical route assessed by computed tomography. Surg Radiol Anat 24, 53–56 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-002-0003-z

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