NEW CONCEPT OF ETIOLOGY AND SURGICAL REPAIR OF PARA-UMBILICAL AND EPIGASTRIC HERNIAS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 60  (1) , 42-48
Abstract
The etiological factors concerned in the production of paraumbilical and epigastric hernias were reviewed along structural-functional lines. A positive relation between the aponeurotic pattern and herniation was demonstrable at operation in 25 patients with paraumbilical or epigastric hernias. The effect of abdominal distension, obesity, and straining are discussed. A new type of surgical repair planned on this basis is described. The preliminary results obtained with this technique are reported, with a discussion of other previously described types of surgery.