Groin pain is discomfort or pain in the area at the junction of the abdomen and thighs. It is more often due to pulled or strained muscle, tendon or ligament near the hip. Sometimes the groin pain is ...

Background Chronic groin pain is a common and debilitating condition in highly active athletes. Symptoms are often ascribed to the so-called Sportsman's Hernia, and these patients frequently undergo ...

There are two layers of inguinal lymph nodes located below the inguinal ligament, which runs from the ilium’s anterior superior iliac spine (the front-most portion of the ilium, the largest pelvic ...

IN 1889, Edward Bassini, of Italy, in prefacing his report on 251 cases of inguinal hernia, said: "After all that has been written with such feverish diligence up to the present time concerning the ...

THE recurrence rate of large inguinal hernias of many years' duration remains high. The tissue in these cases is extremely poor, and the gap to be bridged is wide. In selected cases, in which a ...

Recently, I have been diagnosed with the condition of meralgia paresthetica. I will periodically get bolts of pain that feels like I’m walking with a sprained ankle. At first it was all a mystery as ...

Pelvic pain can show up at different stages of pregnancy and for a variety of reasons, from shifting hormones and loosening joints to your baby's position. The good news? While it's uncomfortable, ...