FEMORAL HERNIA REPORT OF NINETY OPERATIONS

Femoral hernia.

About 20 years ago one of us was so impressed by seeing a number of direct inguinal herniae following the Lotheissen (I898) repair of a femoral hernia that he decided to try the low or Lockwood type of repair. The low operation has been used almost exclusively since that time in over 500 cases. At that time and probably at the present time the Lotheissen operation is the most popular, because i...

Hernia Operations

Richter’s femoral hernia with spontaneous enterocutaneous fistula: a case report

Richter’s hernia is rare and hard to diagnosis. We reported a male elder with Richter’s hernia in the right femoral tube. It was firstly treated as lymphnoditis, and finally presented as enterocutaneous fistula. We performed wedge excision and suture of the ileum wall defect under laparoscopy, local debridement of the groin and repair for the femoral ring. He had the good recovery with regular ...

Endometriosis presenting as an obstructed femoral hernia: a case report.

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Femoral Intertrochanteric Fracture With Spontaneous Lumbar Hernia: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of lumbar hernia can be easily missed, as it is a rare case to which most orthopedists are not exposed in their common clinical practice. Approximately 300 cases have been reported in the literature since it was first described by Barbette in 1672. CASE PRESENTATION A 76-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with a femoral intertrochanteric fracture was sent to our ...