PMC2639600_01
Intra-operative photograph of the hernia showing the opened sac.
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The hernia sac was found to penetrate from a small defect (with an estimated diameter of about 1.5 cm) in the Spigelian fascia within Hesselbach's triangle (Figure 1). The orifice diameter was about 1.5 cm, while the sac extended up to 7 cm surrounded by preperitoneal fat (Figure 1).