Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

FEMORAL HERNIAS: A STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT HERNIAS AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX REPAIRS

FEMORAL HERNIAS: A STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT HERNIAS AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX... Abstract Included in this study were 238 femoral hernias.1 They comprised 5.35 per cent of the total group of all types of hernias seen in the wards in the period covered by this study. Among these, femoral hernias not previously repaired numbered 222, of which 210 were repaired by operation. Of these, 140 were examined postoperatively for nine months or longer or until a recurrence was discovered. Only 5 recurrences developed, giving a recurrence rate of 3.6 per cent. The remaining 16 femoral hernias were recurrent, following a previous repair. All 16 were operated on. Thirteen were followed for nine months or longer, and 2 recurrences were discovered, a recurrence rate of 15.4 per cent. The period covered by this study was from 1916 to 1935 inclusive. All femoral hernias in patients admitted to the wards at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, from 1926 to 1935 and all hernias of References 1. Incomplete Indirect Inguinal Hernias: A Study of 2,462 Hernias and 2,337 Repairs , Arch. Surg. 41:747-771 ( (Sept.) ) 1940Crossref 2. Complete Indirect Inguinal Hernias: A Study of 305 Hernias and Repairs , South. Surgeon 9:257-268 ( (April) ) 1940 3. Direct Inguinal Hernias: A Study of Six Hundred and Five Hernias and Five Hundred and Sixty-Five Repairs , Arch. Surg. 41:857 ( (Oct.) ) 1940Crossref 4. Ventral Hernias: A Study of 550 Hernias and 458 Repairs , South Surgeon 9:617-656 ( (Sept.) ) 1940. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Surgery American Medical Association

FEMORAL HERNIAS: A STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT HERNIAS AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX REPAIRS

Archives of Surgery , Volume 41 (5) – Nov 1, 1940

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/femoral-hernias-a-study-of-two-hundred-and-thirty-eight-hernias-and-JcezmPAWfp

References (4)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1940 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0004-0010
eISSN
1538-3644
DOI
10.1001/archsurg.1940.01210050189011
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Abstract Included in this study were 238 femoral hernias.1 They comprised 5.35 per cent of the total group of all types of hernias seen in the wards in the period covered by this study. Among these, femoral hernias not previously repaired numbered 222, of which 210 were repaired by operation. Of these, 140 were examined postoperatively for nine months or longer or until a recurrence was discovered. Only 5 recurrences developed, giving a recurrence rate of 3.6 per cent. The remaining 16 femoral hernias were recurrent, following a previous repair. All 16 were operated on. Thirteen were followed for nine months or longer, and 2 recurrences were discovered, a recurrence rate of 15.4 per cent. The period covered by this study was from 1916 to 1935 inclusive. All femoral hernias in patients admitted to the wards at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, from 1926 to 1935 and all hernias of References 1. Incomplete Indirect Inguinal Hernias: A Study of 2,462 Hernias and 2,337 Repairs , Arch. Surg. 41:747-771 ( (Sept.) ) 1940Crossref 2. Complete Indirect Inguinal Hernias: A Study of 305 Hernias and Repairs , South. Surgeon 9:257-268 ( (April) ) 1940 3. Direct Inguinal Hernias: A Study of Six Hundred and Five Hernias and Five Hundred and Sixty-Five Repairs , Arch. Surg. 41:857 ( (Oct.) ) 1940Crossref 4. Ventral Hernias: A Study of 550 Hernias and 458 Repairs , South Surgeon 9:617-656 ( (Sept.) ) 1940.

Journal

Archives of SurgeryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 1940

There are no references for this article.