From: anonymous@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
Subject: groin hernia
Posted-By: xx101 (Doctors Office Moderator)
Organization: Organization For Community Networks
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 16:19:25 GMT
Newsgroups: ofcn.clinic.doctor.qa

I am looking for information on what a doctor has called a groin hernia.

Is this the same as an inguinal hernia? If not is there another scientific name for groin hernia which I can search in Index Medicus?

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Inguinal and femoral hernias could both occur in the groin area.

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