Conventional and Laparoscopic Epigastric Hernia Repair Operative Approach

p i c b m rimary epigastric hernias are unusual. They are hernias of the linea alba between the xyphoid process nd the umbilicus. The incidence of these hernias has een reported to be between 1% and 10%, but because any of them are asymptomatic, and therefore unrecogized, the true incidence may be higher. There is predomnance in men over women by a factor of three. In one fifth f patients, multiple fascial defects are present at the time f presentation.