Femoral hernia: clinical significance of radiologic diagnosis
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M Bergenfeldt1, O Ekberg, P Kesek
1Department of Surgery, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, Sweden.
European Journal of Radiology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract
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A retrospective study of 18 patients with femoral hernia assessed by herniography is presented. Although a palpable lump was present in 11 patients (61%), the diagnosis of a femoral hernia was not made before herniography. Surgical exploration was performed in 12 patients and a femoral hernia was found and repaired with beneficial outcome in 9 of them.
In Conclusion:
herniography is of value for the diagnosis of a femoral hernia in patients with obscure groin pain.