SPIGELIAN HERNIA

Course overview

A SPIGELIAN HERNIA IS A RARE, ABNORMAL PROTRUSION OF ABDOMINAL CONTENTS OR PERITONEUM THROUGH A DEFECT (SPIGELIAN FASCIA), WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS AND THE INTERNAL OBLIQUE APONEUROSES. IT TYPICALLY IS THE RESULT OF AN UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY THAT INCREASES INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE, ABDOMINAL WALL TRAUMA, OR DEGENERATION OF ABDOMINAL APONEUROTIC LAYERS. THIS ACTIVITY EXAMINES THE DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION OF SPIGELIAN HERNIA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.