title: DeGarengeot hernia: transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair and appendectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incarcerated appendix in the femoral hernia represents a rare clinical case that was first described by the Frenchman de Garengeot in 1731. Besides the open procedures, laparoscopy presented itself as a treatment option.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our case concerns a 38-year-old patient with a right femoral hernia with an inflamed incarcerated appendix. Because of the clinically inconclusive finding, we chose transperitoneal preperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP) combined with a laparoscopic appendectomy. The intra- and postoperative course was uneventful. This case shows that a laparoscopic procedure is possible even in the case of an incarceration in conjunction with an appendicitis that has not spread to the adjacent peritoneum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with open interventions, the subjective social advantages (shorter hospital stay, earlier return to work, less need for pain killers, and others) of laparoscopic hernia treatment have been extensively studied. The use of both methods in the case of an incarcerated hernia is open to dispute, though various small series confirm the feasibility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Here, TAPP seems to be the more reliable method in terms of patient safety because of the simultaneous possibility of using laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Visceral-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie, Klinikum Deggendorf, Perlasberger Strasse 41, D- 94469, Deggendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Comman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaetzschmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behrend
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000601:surgery*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*