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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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De Garengeot's hernia: A case description and surgical approach
Daniela Guevara1, Eric Edwards2, Gustavo Fernandez Ranvier2
1 Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai, New York, USA
2 Department of Surgery, Division of Metabolic, Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Correspondence Address:
Gustavo Fernandez Ranvier
Department of Surgery, Division of Metabolic, Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 5 East 98th Street, Box 1259, New York, NY 10029
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/2542-4629.193043
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Femoral hernias account for 3% of all hernias and can frequently present with incarceration of omentum, preperitoneal fat, small bowel and colon, and more rarely a Meckel's diverticulum or appendix. De Garengeot's hernia (GH) is a rare type of femoral hernia representing 1% of all femoral hernias and contains the vermiform appendix. The purpose of this report is to present a case of GH with discussion of the clinical findings along with description and details of the surgical technique applied for its repair. |
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