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Femoral hernia classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Femoral hernia may be classified into several subtypes based on anatomical relation.
Classification
Classification
Femoral hernia may be occasionally classified into several subtypes based on anatomical relations:[1][2][3][4][5]
| Sub-classification | Location and relations |
| Cloquet’s hernia | Emerges through the pectineal fascia |
| Hesselbach’s (lateral) hernia | Lateral to the inferior epigastric and femoral vessels |
| Velpeau’s hernia | Prevascular-anterior to the femoral vessels |
| Serafini’s hernia | Retrovascular-posterior to the femoral vessels |
| De Garengeot hernia | Contains the appendix |
| Littre hernia | Contains a Meckel’s diverticulum |
| Laugier’s hernia | Develops through the lacunar ligament |
References
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.
- ↑ Marshall DG, Jellie H (1981). “Prevascular femoral hernia with ectopic testis in an infant”. J. Pediatr. Surg. 16 (4): 519–20. PMID 7277153.
- ↑ Rhind JR (1971). “Lateral femoral hernia”. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 16 (5): 299–300. PMID 5115280.
- ↑ TURNER DP (1953). “Prevascular femoral hernia”. Br J Surg. 41 (165): 77–8. PMID 13082016.
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