title: Femoral hernia: an avoidable source of surgical mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, North Tees General Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Devlin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology