Acute appendicitis within the strangulated femoral hernia

Femoral hernia strangulation is usually observed in middle-aged women. There are few case reports of appendix strangulation in the femoral hernia. Acute appendicitis in a strangulated femoral hernia is relatively rare (0.4% of cases). Clinical case of acute destructive appendicitis within a strangul...

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Published inHirurgija (Moskva) no. 11; p. 109
Main Authors Plekhanov, A N, Vinogradov, A A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 2019
Subjects
Acute Disease
Aged
Appendicitis - complications
Appendicitis - surgery
Female
Hernia, Femoral - complications
Hernia, Femoral - surgery
Humans
tactics
acute appendicitis
strangulation
femoral hernia
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Summary:Femoral hernia strangulation is usually observed in middle-aged women. There are few case reports of appendix strangulation in the femoral hernia. Acute appendicitis in a strangulated femoral hernia is relatively rare (0.4% of cases). Clinical case of acute destructive appendicitis within a strangulated femoral hernia in an elderly woman is reported in the article. If there is doubt about the urgency of surgical intervention, surgeon needs to take a proactive stance and lean toward emergency surgery. Surgeon should be aware of possible strangulation-associated destructive appendicitis due to injury of the appendix.
ISSN:0023-1207
DOI:10.17116/hirurgia2019111109