Hidden (Occult) Hernia

Figuring out how to diagnose the cause of long term (chronic) groin and pelvic pain can be challenging.

Sometimes chronic groin pain in women and men are from a really small, “hidden” inguinal hernias.

Understanding how to find a proper exam and a proper work up can expedite finding the proper diagnosis.

Journalist Hillary Gulley recently described how we helped diagnose and then treat her hidden hernia, now published in The Washington Post:  read it here.

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Brian P. Jacob, MD FACS

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