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Primary Femoral Hernia: Open Anterior Treatment

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A femoral hernia is an acquired and direct hernia. It is an insidious hernia often asymptomatic; in 30% of cases, the onset is a strangulation, with bowel resection and mortality. In literature, there are three main types of approach. The authors describe an anterior femoral approach performed in the last two decades, with a double disc prosthesis fashioned in a tailored prosthetic repair, with the use of four prosthetic devices according to the characteristics of the femoral ring and femoral canal. The authors show, in detail, the technical steps of this anterior prosthetic procedure, and they highlight some peculiarities in emergency. Finally, they mention their personal series and good results with this technique, which, in their opinion, is fast, reproducible and so easy to perform and to learn.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Buccheri La Ferla Hospital, Palermo, Italy

    Stefano Mandalà, Camillo La Barbera, Cosimo Callari & Vincenzo Mandalà

  2. Unit of General Surgery, Noto-Pasqualino Hospital, Palermo, Italy

    Stefano Mandalà & Camillo La Barbera

  3. General and Emergency Surgery, Villa Sofia—Cervello Hospitals, Palermo, Italy

    Antonino Mirabella

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Mandalà, S., La Barbera, C., Callari, C., Mirabella, A., Mandalà, V. (2018). Primary Femoral Hernia: Open Anterior Treatment. In: Campanelli, G. (eds) The Art of Hernia Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72626-7_45

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