- prevascular femoral hernia
- a femoral hernia in the femoral sheath anterior to the femoral vessels. Called also Velpeau h.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
prevascular femoral hernia
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Velpeau bandage canal deformity hernia — Vel·peau bandage, canal, deformity, hernia (vel poґ) [Alfred Armand Louis Marie Velpeau, French surgeon, 1795–1867] see under bandage; see canalis inguinalis; see silver fork fracture, under fracture; and see prevascular femoral hernia, under… … Medical dictionary
Velpeau hernia — A hernia in the groin in front of the femoral blood vessels. A hernia ( rupture ) is a protrusion of tissue through the wall of a cavity in which it is normally contained. * * * prevascular femoral h … Medical dictionary
