Spigelian hernia

Laparoscopic correction of a spigelian hernia

Laparoscopic correction of a spigelian hernia.
Professor Puchkov K.V. is performing an operation (2017).

The operation was performed for a 52-year-old patient. Diagnosis: reversible spigelian hernia on the left side (about 6 cm). A rare form of abdominal hernia, first described by a Belgian surgeon Adrian van Spigel. The video shows the laparoscopic technique of closing the hernia gate with a ParietexComposite mesh (14 cm x14 cm) and fixing it with transperitoneal sutures and ProTack (MEDTRONIC COVIDIEN) hernia stapler. You can read more about the technique on Professor Puchkov Konstantin Viktorovich’s personal website.