Abstract With the advent and advancement in minimally invasive abdominal wall hernia repair techniques based on the holistic approach towards the abdominal wall as a dynamic biophysiological functional unit, majority of the mesenchymatous pathologies of the abdominal wall can be effectively treated using the minimally invasive approach. These principles can be further applied to extirpate well-defined abdominal wall lipomas which may become symptomatic after attaining a large size. By virtue of their well-encapsulated morphology and benign nature, excision of these lesions by a minimally invasive laparo-endoscopic approach offers a favourable outcome in terms of minimally post-operative morbidity for the patient. As the scope of minimally invasive and abdominal wall reconstruction surgery increases with the evolution of novel procedures, these techniques should be incorporated in the routine practise of the abdominal wall repair surgeon for the surgical treatment of non-hernia pathologies as well.
Jain et al. (Thu,) studied this question.