INGUINAL HERNIA IN FEMALES

Inguinal Bladder Hernia in Female Patient

Inguinal Hernia in Infancy

Two opposing views are held regarding the nature of congenital inguinal hernia, one championed by Hamilton Russel and the other by Sir Arthur Keith. Russell believes that the presence of a developmental pocket of peritoneum is all that is required to produce a hernia. But in mammals, other than man, the cavity of the processus vaginalis remains patent throughout life, and in them congenital ing...

Inguinal Hernia in the Female

Inguinal Hernia in Female Twins

It has long been common knowledge that certain twins resemble one another in a remarkable way. The fact that many more like sexed twins are born than the theoretical ratio 1: 2: 1 would demand constitutes evidence in favour of the belief that such twins are monozygotic, for the actual figures of twin births can be adequately explained on the assumption that about one half the pairs of like sexe...

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

The safest and most effective inguinal hernia repair (laparoscopic versus open mesh) is being debated. As the authors point out, the former accounts for the minority of hernia repairs performed in the United States and around the world. The reasons for this are a demonstration in the literature of increased operative times, increased costs, and a longer learning curve. But the laparoscopic appr...