title: Concomitant groin hernia.
abstract: The incidence and significance of concomitant groin hernias were evaluated in a prospective study of 278 adult patients with an inguinal or femoral hernia. The material was collected in the three years 1975--77 and consisted of 290 electively operated groin hernias. The incidence of various combinations of primary inguinal and femoral hernias was 14%. Three of the 37 recurrent hernias (8%) were evidently caused by a concomitant hernial sac missed in the first operation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence