Bilateral Female Pediatric Femoral Hernia: A Rare Occurrence
Bilateral femoral hernias in a young-children are extremely rare. The incident is 0.73% of all groin hernia [1]. We present a case of 7 years old female child who presented with bilateral femoral hernia. The femoral hernia was laparoscopically repaired, by excising the bilateral hernia sac and femoral defect was closed with 3-0 PDS by suturing ilio-pubic tract to cooper’s ligament. Therefore, we conclude that Bilateral paediatric femoral hernias is a rare occurrence which can be clinically diagnosed and managed by laparoscopic repaired.
Authors
- Aditi Dalvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6281-4590)
- Nagesh Undare
- Paras Kothari
- Shahaji Deshmukh
- Audrey Pais
Institutions
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SAS Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36347/sasjs.2024.v10i08.009
- Primary Topic
- Hernia repair and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00