ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2012
Unsuspected femoral hernia in patients with a preoperative diagnosis of recurrent inguinal hernia.
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- The application of single-port laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suture for the management of indirect inguinal hernia in female adults.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Impact of age on groin hernia profiles observed during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Groin Hernias in Women-A Review of the Literature.Frontiers in surgery · 2019Article
- Laparoscopic repair is superior to open techniques when treating primary groin hernias in women: a nationwide register-based cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Proportion of femoral hernia repairs performed for recurrence in the United States.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Article
- Current Concepts of Inguinal Hernia Repair.Visceral medicine · 2018Review
- Quality of life and outcomes for femoral hernia repair: does laparoscopy have an advantage?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
- The experience and awareness of laparoendoscopic procedures among Polish surgeons in everyday clinical practice.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2017Article
- Laparoscopic repair of femoral hernia.Annals of translational medicine · 2016Article
- Multiple concurrent bilateral groin hernias in a single patient; a case report and a review of uncommon groin hernias: A possible source of persistent pain after successful repair.International journal of surgery case reports · 2016Article
- Incidental non-inguinals hernias in totally extra-peritoneal hernia repair.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeSmall femoral hernias may be difficult to diagnose by physical examination and are sometimes identified unexpectedly by laparoscopy. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of unsuspected femoral hernia discovered during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in two well-defined patient groups.
methodsPatients undergoing laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair from April 2000 until December 2009 (n = 561) were prospectively registered including data on previous hernia operations and identified type of hernia during surgery. We included patients whose preoperative diagnosis was either bilateral primary inguinal hernia (Primary Group) or recurrent inguinal hernia (Recurrent Group).
resultsFour hundred and sixty-one (82.2 %) patients were included in the study, of whom 211 (45.8 %) was in the Primary Group and 250 (54.2 %) in the Recurrent Group. The incidence of unsuspected femoral hernia in the Recurrent Group [23/250, 9.2 % (95 % CI 5.9-13.5 %)] was significantly higher than in the Primary Group [8/211, 3.8 % (95 % CI 1.7-7.3 %)], p = 0.02. Furthermore, 38.1 % of women operated on for a recurrent inguinal hernia, presented with an unsuspected femoral hernia at surgery as opposed to 6.6 % of the men, p = 0.003.
conclusionUnsuspected femoral hernias are more prevalent in patients with recurrent hernia than in patients with primary hernia in the inguinal region. Femoral hernias may be unrecognized at the primary inguinal hernia operation, or the previous inguinal hernia operation may facilitate the formation of a femoral hernia. Unsuspected femoral hernias are especially frequent in women with recurrent inguinal hernia. In women with a groin hernia, a femoral hernia should always be excluded by laparoscopy or by open exploration of the preperitoneal space.
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