Table 2.

Literature review of laparoscopic repair of Spigelian hernia

Cases, n	232
Male : female	88 : 108 (36 ND)
Mean age, years	61
Left : right	61 : 52 (131 ND)
Emergency : elective	71 : 16 (146 mix or ND)
Method, n = 217, 12 ND, 3 converted to open	PC = 5 (2%) IPOM = 81 (36%) TAPP = 52 (22%) TEP = 72 (30%) TAPE = 7 (3%)
Defect closed (TAPP), n = 52	10 (20%)
Complications, n=170 (24 ND)	2 × haematoma (TEP) 3 × seroma (IPOM) ileus (IPOM, TEP) atrial fibrillation (IPOM, TEP) urinary retention (IPOM, TEP)
Recurrence, n = 174 (58 ND)	2 (1%)

PC = Primary closure; IPOM = intraperitoneal onlay mesh; TAPP = transabdominal preperitoneal; TEP = totally extraperitoneal; TAPE = transabdominal partially extraperitoneal; ND = not documented.