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Abstract
A groin hernia occurring inferior to the inguinal ligament and medial to the FEMORAL VEIN and FEMORAL ARTERY. The femoral hernia sac has a small neck but may enlarge considerably when it enters the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh. It is caused by defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL.
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- Hernia, Femoral
- Femoral Hernias
- Hernias, Femoral
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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80; was FEMORAL HERNIA 1963-79
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Femoral Hernia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006550. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006550
- Femoral Hernia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral_hernia
- Femoral Hernia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3134276