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Femoral Hernia Repair

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Because incarceration is common, all femoral hernias should be repaired. This chapter describes several open approaches (low, intermediate, and high) for repair of femoral hernias. Indications, preoperative preparation, pitfalls and danger points, operative strategy and technique, postoperative care, and complications are all detailed.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Patrick W. McGonagill & Kent C. Choi

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

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Correspondence to Carol E. H. Scott-Conner .

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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McGonagill, P.W., Choi, K.C., Scott-Conner, C.E.H. (2022). Femoral Hernia Repair. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_111

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