Femoral hernia diagnosis in surgical practice

Abstract EN

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.