title: Chronic Groin Pain in Athletes: Sportsman's Hernia with Bilateral Femoral Hernia.
abstract: The differential diagnosis of chronic groin pain in athletes is a long list and its evaluation is a challenging task. Sports hernia, one of the common cause of these groin pains, had been managed both with open & endoscopic repairs in the past. We report a case of sports hernia in young footballer who presented with bilateral groin pain for 5 years. Endoscopic hernioplasty was done (by totally extra-peritoneal technique) which identified bilateral occult femoral hernia and were repaired simultaneously. Post op outcome was good with excellent results.
authors.affiliation: Institution of Laparoscopic Surgery, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Om
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tantia
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sasmal
authors.forename: Shashi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Bimalendu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sen