Abstract:Background
De Garengeot's hernia (DGH) is a Femoral Hernia that contains an appendix and has been named after Rene De Garengeot, a French surgeon in 1731. It is a rare entity that is mostly identified as an incidental finding during exploration of an incarcerated Femoral Hernia and even rarer is the incidence of a gangrenous appendix in these cases.
Case
An 81 years-old female patient presented to Accident & Emergency com… Show more
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