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Femoral hernia diagnosis in surgical practice | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-143 | ||
| Author | ||
| Falih Al-fihan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Adult femoral hernia forms about 5-10 % of the groin hernias 1,2,4 , the aim of this study was to asses the accuracy of the diagnosis in adult people , 476 patients with groin hernias presented to the surgical clinic in(Karak Teaching hospital, Mu , tah University, Jordan). The patients examined by consultant surgeons in the surgical clinic . Result, a femoral hernia was confirmed at operation in (16) patients(3.36%) , only (7) patients were diagnosed preoperatively. The result suggested that the consultant surgeons may be poor at the diagnosis of femoral hernia, and a new way of groin hernia examination to differentiate between femoral hernia and inguinal hernia need to be considered . | ||
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