Operation for Femoral Hernia

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...

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...

Strangulated Hernia Operation, and Subsequent Operation for the Radical Cure

Nazir, Mahomedan, aged 35 years, was admitted on the 20th April -with symptoms of strangulation of an inguinal hernia of the right side. It was of seven years' duration, and had been always reducible. He had never worn a truss, and on one occasion he seems to have been in peril from a temporary incarceration of the hernia. On the 19th of April it protruded when ho was talking, and he was unable...

The Fascial Flap Operation for Inguinal Hernia

, e outer side, the outer edge of the conjoint tendon on the mesial side, and the pubic one below. The transversalis fascia is bulged through this space, and even when the yide-mouthed sac has been ligatured and removed, it is impossible to suture the conJoint tendon to the inner part of the inguinal ligament in such a way as to form a strong oor to this part of the inguinal canal; for there is...

Rapid Recovery after Operation for Strangulated Hernia