BELÉN, COSTA RICA—Clinicians should be on the lookout for hidden inguinal hernias in women with chronic pelvic pain, even if there’s no evidence of a bulge, according to a leading hernia expert who specializes in treating women.
“Women’s inguinal hernias are not the same as in men. They’re not as clinically obvious,” said Shirin Towfigh, MD, a hernia specialist at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center, in California, speaking at the 2022