Sports Hernia
The sports hernia, also known as “athletic pubalgia,” is characterized by a weakness in the portion of the abdominal wall located at the posterior wall of the inguinal canal.
This condition does not describe a true herniation through the abdominal wall but rather a collapse of it, and it is very rare for it to develop into a true inguinal hernia.
Service Manager
Dr. Antonio Guglielmi
Surgeon
Specialist in General Surgery
TEAM MEMBERS
Dr. Carlo Camplone
Surgeon
SYMPTOMS
It typically presents with acute groin or lower abdominal pain following a twisting and snapping movement with the foot fixed on the ground, or after sports activities that involve rapid changes of direction associated with twisting of the torso on the pelvis.
TREATMENT
Often, conservative therapy is not effective and can lead to chronic groin pain. In these cases, surgery is recommended, with results enabling about 90% of patients to return to sports activities with a low recurrence rate.
Depending on the individual case, it can be assessed whether to perform the classic laparoscopic hernioplasty or, if the situation allows, to perform inguinal repair with mesh implantation and reconstruction of the conjoint tendon.
(Advantages: local anesthesia, reduced hospitalization time, quick resumption of sports training)
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