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  • Title: Clinical and anatomic features of the inguinal canal during hernia.
    Author: Peri G, Farina F, Marcianò V, Ridola C, Diana G, Arcara M, Guercio G, Sommariva V.
    Journal: Ital J Anat Embryol; 1996; 101(2):69-80. PubMed ID: 8997902.
    Abstract:
    Seventy-eight patients affected by inguinal hernia, 33 by direct and 45 by indirect external oblique types, were studied. The morphologic and structural aspects of the inguinal canal including its length, the diameter of the deep inguinal ring and the qualitative features of the fascia transversalis and aponeuroses of the external and internal oblique muscles and of the transversus muscle were investigated. In all 78 patients with inguinal hernia, the length of the canal was 4.7 cm. In the 33 patients with direct inguinal hernia the width of the deep inguinal ring varied from 1.5 to 2.5. The aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle was dense in 19 cases (57.58%), rather laddered in 10 (30.30%) and very laddered in 4 (12.12%). The fascia transversalis was discontinued in 28 cases (84.85%) and velamentous in 5 cases (15.15%). In the 45 patients with indirect inguinal hernia the width of the deep inguinal ring varied from 1.5 to 7 cm. The aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle was dense in 14 cases (31.11%), rather laddered in 23 cases (51.11%), very laddered in 8 (17.78%). The fascia transversalis was dense in 15 (33.33%), elastic in 17 (37.78%) and velamentous in 13 cases (28.89%). Based on the results of this study, a series of therapeutic considerations are set forth. The most important of these include early surgical intervention, which is absolutely necessary, and the use of prostheses in the inguinal canal.
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