Laparoscopic repair via the transabdominal preperitoneal procedure for bilateral lumbar hernia: Three cases report and review of literature

Table 3 Literature review: laparoscopic repair for spontaneous lumbar hernia

Ref.	Size	Technique	Mesh	Fixation
1997, Heniford et al[12]	4 × 3	TAPP	PTFE	Sutures
1997, Bickle et al[3]	3 × 3	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2002, Postema et al[13]	-	TEP	PPL	Tacks
2003, Habib[14]	3 × 4	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2004, Grauls et al[15]	3 × 5	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2005, Ipek et al[16]	8 × 10	TAPP	PTFE	Tacks + sutures
2011, Lim et al[17]	5 × 6	TEP	PPL	Tacks + sutures
2011, Nam et al[18]	3 × 5	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2013, Suarez et al[19]	-	TAPP	-	Tacks
2014, Wei et al[20]	3 × 3	TEP (Single incision)	PPL	Tacks
2015, Walgamage et al[4]	5 × 5	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2016, Agresta et al[21]	-	TAPP	Composite PPL	Tacks
2017, Claus et al[22]	1.5 × 2	TAPP	PPL	Tacks
2018, Sarwal et al[23]	3 × 3	TAPP	PPL	Tacks + fibrin sealent

TAPP: Transabdominal preperitoneal; TEP: Extraperitoneal; PPL: Polypropylene; PTFE: Polytetrafluoroethylene.