Femoral hernias occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass into the weak area at the posterior wall of the femoral canal. The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... // K00-K93 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K14) Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands and jaws (K00) Disorders of tooth development and eruption (K01) Embedded and impacted teeth (K02) Dental caries (K03) Other diseases of hard tissues of teeth (K04) Diseases of pulp and periapical tissues (K040) Pulpitis (K05... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The Diseases Database is a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications. ... MedlinePlus (medlineplus. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... The inguinal ligament is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine. ... The lateral compartment of the femoral sheath contains the femoral artery, and the intermediate the femoral vein, while the medial and smallest compartment is named the femoral canal, and contains some lymphatic vessels and a lymph gland imbedded in a small amount of areolar tissue. ...
Diagnosis
They can be hard to distinguish from the inguinal type (especially when ascending cephalad): however, they generally appear more rounded, and, in contrast to inguinal hernias, there is a strong female preponderance in femoral hernias. The incidence of strangulation in femoral hernias is high.
Treatment
Repair techniques are comparable for femoral and inguinal hernia.
The common situations are the groin (inguinal hernia), the upper part of the thigh (femoralhernia), and the navel (umbilical hernia).
A child may be born with a hernia in the inguinal or umbilical region, the result of an arrest of development in these parts; or the rupture may be acquired, first appearing, perhaps, in adult life as the result of a strain or hurt.
In femoralhernia the coverings are the structures at the upper part of the thigh which are stretched, thinned and matted tog-ether as the result of pressure; in other cases there is an increase in their thickness, the result of repeated attacks of inflammation.
Knowledge of hernias of the abdominal wall, both usual and unusual, and protrusions that mimic hernias are essential components of the armamentarium of the general and pediatric surgeon.
External femoralhernias pass beneath the inguinal ligament to lie lateral to the femoral vessels and deep to the iliopubic tract.
The retrovascular hernia sac descends in the posterior sheath of the femoral vein.
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