Femoral hernia risk factors

Common risk factors in the development of femoral hernia include female gender, increasing age and a history of recurrent hernias.

• Common risk factors in the development of femoral hernia include female gender, history of recurrent hernias, increasing age.^[1]

• Common risk factors in the development of femoral hernia include:^[1]
  • Female gender
  • Increasing age
  • History of recurrent hernias

• Less common risk factors in the development of femoral hernia include:^[2][3]
  • Smoking
  • Lower body mass index
  • Collagen vascular disease
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

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