Femoral Hernia Repair (Low Approach)
DATE AND TIME: [Date and time]
URGENCY: Elective / Non-elective
SURGEON: [Name]
ASSISTANT: [Name / None]
ANAESTHETIST: [Name]
OPERATION: Femoral Hernia Repair (Open) — Low Approach (Lockwood)
ANAESTHETIC: General / spinal / local anaesthesia
ANTIBIOTICS: [Drug and dose / Not indicated]
DVT PROPHYLAXIS: [Agent / mechanical / Not indicated]
POSITION: Supine.
INDICATION:
Symptomatic [right / left] femoral hernia. [Elective / emergency — [reducible / irreducible / obstructed]]. Urinary catheter inserted pre-operatively for strangulated cases.