Femoral hernia classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: M. Khurram Afzal, MD [2]
Overview
Femoral hernia may be occasionally classified into several subtypes based on anatomical relation.
Classification
Femoral hernia may be occasionally classified into several subtypes based on anatomical relations:[1][2]
| Cloquet's hernia | Emerges through the pectineal fascia |
| Hesselbach's (lateral) hernia | Lateral to the femoral vessels |
| Velpeau's hernia | Prevascular |
| Serafini's hernia | Retrovascular |
| De Garengeot hernia | Contains the appendix |
| Littre hernia | Contains a Meckel's diverticulum |
| Laugier's hernia | Develops through the lacunar ligament |
References
- ↑ Papanikitas J, Sutcliffe RP, Rohatgi A, Atkinson S (2008). "Bilateral retrovascular femoral hernia". Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 90 (5): 423–4. doi:10.1308/003588408X301235. PMC 2645754. PMID 18634743.
- ↑ Phillips AW, Aspinall SR (2012). "Appendicitis and Meckel's diverticulum in a femoral hernia: simultaneous De Garengeot and Littre's hernia". Hernia. 16 (6): 727–9. doi:10.1007/s10029-011-0812-2. PMID 21442431.