Inguinal hernia in a female is quite uncommon. The dissection is interesting in view of a different anatomy as compared to a male patient.

1. INGUINAL HERNIA IN A FEMALE
Dr. Ketan Vagholkar
MS, DNB, MRCS, FACS.
Consultant General Surgeon

2. DISSECTION IN AN ADULT
FEMALE INGUINAL HERNIA
(LEFT SIDE)
Round ligament marked by black
arrows. The opened indirect hernia sac
marked by blue arrows.

3. DISSECTION OF THE
FEMALE INGUINAL REGION
FOR HERNIA REPAIR (LEFT
SIDE)
Green arrows pointing to the opened
indirect sac. The brown vertical line
pointed by the tip forceps is the site of
the inferior epigastric artery pulsations.
The black arrows point towards the
round ligament.