Lumbar hernia diagnosed after laparoscopic hiatal hernia surgery
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jian Shen Kiam; Stephen Lam; Jasmine Crane; Bhaskar Kumar
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 1442-1445 (2021)
- Subject
- laparoscopic
lumbar hernia
superior lumbar triangle
surgery
Medicine
Medicine (General)
R5-920
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Abstract The presence of a new lumbar swelling or pain in the postoperative period following laparoscopic surgery should raise the suspicion of a lumbar hernia. Cross‐sectional imaging can be used to establish an early diagnosis to enable successful management.