The repair of ventral hernia defects of the abdominal wall challenges both general and plastic surgeons. Ventral herniation is a postoperative complication in 10 percent of abdominal surgeries; the repair of such defects has a recurrence rate as high as 50 percent. The "components separation" technique has successfully decreased the recurrence rates of ventral abdominal hernias. However, this t...

A Spigelian hernia is a very rare type of anterior abdominal wall hernia. The etiology revolves around the dehiscence transverse abdominis and internal oblique aponeurosis. majority hernias develop in lower abdomen where posterior sheath absent. This condition also known as spontaneous lateral ventral or semilunar line. It mostly asymptomatic generally proven by radiological diagnosis. In worst...

Epigastric hernia, a form of abdominal ventral accounts for 0.5 – 10.0% all wall hernias. These may be congenital due to incomplete midline fusion developing lateral domains or acquired. It usually occurs in individuals the age groups 20 50 years and infants. is rarely large enough admit more than small amount extra-peritoneal fat. We discuss an epigastric hernia known only little 4-hours, pres...

OBJECTIVE Spigelian hernia is an uncommon abdominal wall defect. We present our series of patients with Spigelian hernia and a literature review. PATIENTS We carried out a retrospective review of patients operated on from 2001 to 2008. Epidemiological aspects, diagnostic methods, surgical technique characteristics, morbidity, hospital stay, recurrences and follow up are analyzed. RESULTS We...