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Hernia
Published in: Hernia 4/2007

01-08-2007 | Letter to the Editor

Giant Spigelian hernias

Authors: J. E. Losanoff, M. D. Basson

Published in: Hernia | Issue 4/2007

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Excerpt

We read with interest the recent report by Topal et al. 2007 on a giant Spigelian hernia (SH) that may have been due to abdominal wall injury (Hernia 11:67–69). The study reports a hernia defect in the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles occurring 45 days after blunt abdominal trauma. An open onlay repair with polyfilamented mesh was performed leading to a sound repair at 18 months. …
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Metadata
Title
Giant Spigelian hernias
Authors
J. E. Losanoff
M. D. Basson
Publication date
01-08-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Hernia / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 1265-4906
Electronic ISSN: 1248-9204
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-007-0250-3

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