Concomitant groin hernia
Kostiainen, S.
Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae 67(6): 214-216
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0355-9521 PMID: 742823 Document Number: 133496
The incidence and significance of concomitant groin hernias were evaluated in a prospective study of 278 adult patients with an inguinal or femoral hernia. The material was collected in the three years 1975--77 and consisted of 290 electively operated groin hernias. The incidence of various combinations of primary inguinal and femoral hernias was 14%. Three of the 37 recurrent hernias (8%) were evidently caused by a concomitant hernial sac missed in the first operation.