Pediatric femoral hernias: a case report and review of the literature.
Femoral hernias are rarely seen in children. We are presenting a case report of a femoral hernia with a review of the literature. It is always challenging to diagnose femoral hernias in children, particularly when the child has already undergone an operation for same side inguinal hernia.
Shahzad
Farooq
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Bowen-Pasfield
Sarah
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Vaughan
Richard
R
Kumar
Tarun
T
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence