A femoral hernia is a protrusion of a loop of the intestine through
a weakened abdominal wall, located in the lower abdomen near the
thigh.
Review Date: 09/12/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General Surgery
practice specializing in breast cancer, Virginia Mason Medical
Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
