A 51 years old male had underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) by minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) for aortic regurgitation. About one year after the surgery, bulging of the wound and pain appeared. His chest computed tomography showed an image of the right upper lobe protruding from the thoracic cavity through the right second intercostal space, and the patient was diagnosed as having an intercostal lung hernia and the surgical treatment was performed using a unsintered hydroxyapatite and poly-L-lactide (u-HA/PLLA) mesh plate and monofilament polypropylene (PP) mesh. Postoperative course was uneventful without any evidence of recurrence.
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