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From: Primary upper lumbar hernia repaired by transabdominal preperitoneal approach technique using a self-expanding mesh with a memory-recoil ring, report of a case

Fig. 3

Intraoperative view. A Hernia orifice. The hernia orifice, 3 × 2.5 cm in diameter, was identified between two intercostal nerves (yellow arrows). B Placement of the self-expanding patch mesh. A modified Kugel patch was placed as its center (blue arrow) was positioned just above the hernia orifice and tacked to the abdominal wall at two points, 1 cm ventral and dorsal to the orifice taking care not to damage the nerves

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