Bowel obstruction as a serious complication of patients with femoral hernia.

Purpose: The implications of bowel obstruction occurring secondary to femoral hernia have not been discussed in the literature recently. Thus, we report our experience of treating patients with femoral hernias complicated by bowel obstruction versus patients with femoral hernias not complicated by bowel obstruction.

Methods: The subjects of this retrospective study were patients admitted to our hospital for the treatment of femoral hernias between 2016 and 2019.