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Obturator hernia is a rare form of abdominal hernia and a diagnostic challenge. It is commonly seen in elderly thin females. Its diagnosis is often delayed with resultant increased morbidity and mortality due to bowel ischemia/gangrene.
Sanjay M. Khaladkar+3 more
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Groin Hernias in Women—A Review of the Literature
Background: To date, there are few studies and no systematic reviews focusing specifically on groin hernia in women. Most of the existing knowledge comes from registry data.Objective: This present review now reports on such findings as are available on ...
Ferdinand Köckerling+2 more
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Garengeot’s hernia: two case reports with CT diagnosis and literature review
Garengeot’s hernia (GH) is defined as the presence of the appendix inside a femoral hernia. It occurs in 0.9% of femoral hernias and is usually an incidental finding during surgery.
Garcia-Amador Cristina+4 more
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Strangulated Hernia of the Left Ovary in the Femoral Region [PDF]
A Ernest Maylard
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SummaryAn elderly woman presented with a lump in the right groin, clinically suggestive of a femoral hernia, but surgical exploration revealed a cystic mass of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Post mortem examination showed it to be a metastic deposit of carcinoma of the gall‐bladder.
H, al Mahdy, K, Mohanaruban
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We present two cases of incarcerated de Garengeot’s hernia. This anatomical phenomenon is thought to occur in as few as 0.5% of femoral hernia cases and is a rare cause of acute appendicitis.
Zhaosheng Jin+4 more
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De Garengeot’s Hernia: Report of a Rare Surgical Emergency and Review of the Literature
This is a report of a case who was admitted and operated on for a strangulated femoral hernia. The hernia sac contained a gangrenous appendix, which was excised and the hernia was repaired with sutures without complication.
Evangelos P. Misiakos+8 more
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Management of appendicitis in a femoral hernia
Appendicitis in a femoral hernia is a rare occurrence often diagnosed intraoperatively. We present a case where the incarcerated appendicitis required division of the inguinal ligament for reduction. Appendectomy was carried out and because of contamination a primary McVay procedure was done to repair the femoral hernia.
Kris P. Croome, Jeffrey Shum
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Femoral hernias occur in both genders
Femoral hernias are uncommon in children, due to the unfamiliarity it is an often misdiagnosed condition. In this article, we present a 6-year old male patient and a 14-year old female patient. Initially the patients were diagnosed with a inguinal hernia
Elize W. Lockhorst+3 more
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