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Laparoscopic management of lumbar hernia

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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.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, P.O. Box 21, 22100 affiliated to the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, IL

    A. Bickel, M. Haj & A. Eitan

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Received: 10 November 1996/Accepted: 20 December 1996

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Bickel, A., Haj, M. & Eitan, A. Laparoscopic management of lumbar hernia. Surg Endosc 11, 1129–1130 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900547

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