Classification
Several subtypes of femoral hernia have been described.
| Prevascular hernia (Narath’s hernia) | The hernial sac emerges from the abdomen within the femoral sheath but lies anteriorly to the femoral vein and artery. |
| Serofini's hernia | The hernial sac emerges behind femoral vessels |
| Velpeau hernia | The hernia sac lies in behind the femoral blood vessels in the groin. |
| External femoral hernia of Hasselbach and Cloquet | The neck of the sac lies lateral to the femoral vessels. |
| Transpectineal femoral hernia of Laugier | The hernia sac transverses the lacunar ligament or the pectineal ligament of Cooper |
| Callisen’s or Cloquets hernia | The hernial sac descends deep to the femoral vessels and pectineal fascia. |
| Béclard's hernia | The hernia sac emerges through the saphenous opening carrying the cribriform fascia with it. |
| De Garengeot's hernia | This is a vermiform appendix trapped within the hernial sac. |
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