Options for the treatment of the femoral hernia with atrophy of the public bone in the formed femoral canal

Abstract

Femoral hernias make up 2–4 % of the total number of patients with hernias [1], the results of their treatment do not tend to improve [2–6].The aim of the study was to establish the incidence of atrophy of the pubic periosteum in patients with femoral hernia and to analyze the possible methods of surgery in their treatment.Material and methods. The analysis of the treatment of 249 patients with femoral hernias for the period from 1996 to 2021 was carried out. There were 61 men (24.5%), women – 188 (75.5%). in 14 (5.6%), atrophy of the pubic periosteum was revealed during operations. Since 2009, patients with femoral hernia and atrophy of the pubic periosteum began to use the "Method for the treatment of inguinal and femoral hernias" (patent for invention No. 2445002, authors V.I. Belokonev, A.V. Vavilov, A.V. Zharov, Yu. V. Ponomareva, A.G. Nogoga) [11], which was performed by inguinal access.Conclusions. In 5.6% of patients with femoral hernia and a long history, under the influence of the hernial sac, atrophy of the pubic periosteum occurs.A method of treating femoral and inguinal hernias by closing the hernial orifice with an elastic mesh with a protrusion at the medial edge of the mesh corresponding to the distance from the medial edge of the pupar ligament at the level of the femoral vein to the lower edge of the superior horizontal branch of the pubic bone (patent for invention No. 2445002) is an effective method of treating patients with hernias with destruction of the pubic bone periosteum in the femoral canal.

Keywords

• femoral hernia
• atrophy of the pubic periosteum
• methods of surgical treatment