Constriction of the femoral vein following inguinal hernia repair.

The present paper describes constriction of the femoral vein following hernioplasty ad modum McVay. In five cases, constriction of the femoral vein was demonstrated by phelbography, and pulmonary embolism by pulmonary scintigraphy. It is suggested that a number of postoperative thromboembolisms following hernia repair are caused by a unobserved constriction of the femoral vein. Moreover, constriction of the femoral vein following hernia repair occurs in a number of cases without thromboembolism.