Femoral hernia epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Meagan E. Doherty

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Although groin hernias are much more common in men, femoral hernias occur more frequently in women.^[1]

↑ Fitzgibbons RJ, Forse RA (2015). "Clinical practice. Groin hernias in adults". N. Engl. J. Med. 372 (8): 756–63. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1404068. PMID 25693015.