 Hernia, Femoral
"Hernia, Femoral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D006550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.300.707.374.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Hernia, Femoral- Hernia, Femoral
- Femoral Hernia
- Femoral Hernias
- Hernias, Femoral
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hernia, Femoral" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Wolf LL, Sonderman KA, Kwon NK, Armstrong LB, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Losina E, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Epidemiology of abdominal wall and groin hernia repairs in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 May; 37(5):587-595.
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