Femoral hernia | Femoral hernia

Femoral hernias occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass through a naturally occurring weakness in the abdominal wall called the ...FemoralherniaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Femoralhernia" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)MedicalconditionFemoralherniaSpecialtyGeneralsurgeryFemoralherniasoccurjustbelowtheinguinalligament,whenabdominalcontentspassthroughanaturallyoccurringweaknessintheabdominalwallcalledthefemoralcanal.Femoralherniasarearelativelyuncommontype,accountingforonly3%ofallhernias.Whilefemoralherniascanoccurinbothmalesandfemales,almostalldevelopinwomenduetotheincreasedwidthofthefemalepelvis.[1]Femoralherniasaremorecommoninadultsthaninchildren.Thosethatdooccurinchildrenaremorelikelytobeassociatedwithaconnectivetissuedisorderorwithconditionsthatincreaseintra-abdominalpressure.Seventypercentofpediatriccasesoffemoralherniasoccurininfantsundertheageofone.[1]Contents1Definitions2Signsandsymptoms3Anatomy4Diagnosis4.1Classification5Management5.1Surgery5.2Postoperativeoutcome6Epidemiology7References8ExternallinksDefinitions[edit]Aherniaiscausedbytheprotrusionofaviscus(inthecaseofgroinhernias,anintra-abdominalorgan)throughaweaknessintheabdominalwall.Thisweaknessmaybeinherent,asinthecaseofinguinal,femoralandumbilicalhernias.Ontheotherhand,theweaknessmaybecausedbyprevioussurgicalincisionthroughthemusclesandfasciainthearea;thisistermedanincisionalhernia.Afemoralherniamaybeeitherreducibleorirreducible,andeachtypecanalsopresentasobstructedand/orstrangulated.[2]Areduciblefemoralherniaoccurswhenafemoralherniacanbepushedbackintotheabdominalcavity,eitherspontaneouslyorwithmanipulation.However,itismorelikelytooccurspontaneously.Thisisthemostcommontypeoffemoralherniaandisusuallypainless


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