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- Title
Preperitoneal mesh repair of spigelian hernias under local anesthesia: description and clinical evaluation of a new technique.
- Authors
Malazgirt, Z.; Dervisoğlu, A.; Polat, C.; Guneren, E.; Guven, H.; Akpolat, T.; Dervisoğlu, A
- Abstract
We report on a new method for the repair of spigelian hernia, in which we combined the step-by-step local anesthesia and open preperitoneal mesh repair techniques. After initial infiltration of local anesthetics, we incised the attenuated fascia and slightly enlarged the fascial defect to facilitate easy return of hernial content into the abdominal cavity. We injected preperitoneally, in a radial fashion around the peritoneal sac, more saline solution, consisting of 1:200,000 epinephrine (g:g) and 1/3 bupivacain (v:v). We dissected the peritoneum away from the anterior abdominal wall to create a preperitoneal pocket of sufficient size. We spread open a 9 x 9-cm polypropylene mesh in the area, as if we were doing a GPRVS of Stoppa. We followed up our four patients for an average of 32 months. All four cases had an uneventful recovery and were discharged in an average of 3.5 days. They returned to normal daily activity on the 9th day after surgery. We suggest that the preperitoneal mesh repair of a spigelian hernia under local anesthesia is a simple and feasible technique with favorable early and late postoperative results and deserves further investigation in larger series.
- Subjects
HERNIA; CONDUCTION anesthesia; ANESTHETICS; ABDOMINAL muscles; HERNIA surgery; ABDOMINAL diseases; COMPARATIVE studies; LOCAL anesthesia; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; POLYENES; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; PAIN measurement; TREATMENT effectiveness; SURGICAL meshes
- Publication
Hernia, 2003, Vol 7, Issue 4, p202
- ISSN
1265-4906
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10029-003-0153-x