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Dnyanesh Madhukar Belekar1, Vinayak V Dewoolkar1, Amit A Desai1, Ushma K Butala1.
Abstract
Lumbar hernia is a rare defect of the abdominal wall. It accounts for 2 % of all wall hernias. It is divided in two levels: superior lumbar hernia, also known as Grynfeltt's hernia (GH), and an inferior lumbar hernia or Petit's hernia. GH is more commonly encountered in practice, and it is mainly posttraumatic in origin. Spontaneous primary GH is quite rare. Only 250 to 300 of such cases have been reported the in literature so far. The treatment of choice is retroperitoneal surgical approach and a meshplasty after complete reduction of its contents. Prognosis is usually excellent.Entities:
Keywords: Grynfeltt’s; Hernia; Lumbar; Primary
Year: 2013 PMID: 24891781 PMCID: PMC4039677 DOI: 10.1007/s12262-013-0924-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Surg ISSN: 0973-9793 Impact factor: 0.656