There is an increasing trend for laparoscopic repair of Spigelian hernias. 16 The safety of laparoscopic repair is well demonstrated with a low recurrence rate in a systematic review from 2004. 17 Our study offers further justification of this technique as the diagnostic uncertainty related to Spigelian hernias means that a number of patients would proceed to surgery when there is no true hernia present.
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Radiological and clinical examination in the diagnosis of Spigelian hernias.
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