Irreducible Femoral Hernia: Operation: Recovery

Rapid Recovery after Operation for Strangulated Hernia

A Case of Irreducible Obstructed Inguinal Hernia; Symptoms of Strangulation One Month After; Operation of Herniotomy; Recovery

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...

Laparoscopic repair of irreducible femoral hernia containing the fallopian tube alone: a case report

BACKGROUND We offer the first report of laparoscopic repair of an irreducible femoral hernia containing the fallopian tube alone. CASE PRESENTATION An 84-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of a right groin mass with no abdominal symptoms. The mass was located below the inguinal ligament but showed no redness or tenderness. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a 4 × 3-cm cyst...

Femoral hernia repair.

Femoral hernia repair has a long history. In the nineteenth century, simple closure of the femoral orifice by the femoral approach was favored. Such renowned surgeons as Bassini, Marcy, and Cushing authored papers about the femoral approach to femoral hernia. The recurrence rate was so high, however, that it was replaced by the inguinal approach. The man who popularized the inguinal approach wa...