Monro, Alexander: Observations On Crural Hernia: To Which Is Prefixed, A General Account Of The Other Varieties Of Hernia: Illustrated By Engravings (Edinburgh [u.a.], 1803)

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artery from which it takes its origin, which
will be found to vary a little in different ex-
amples. I have seen the epigastric artery
sent off from the external iliac artery more
than an inch above its exit from the pelvis.
I have seen also the epigastric artery and in-
ternal circumflex of the pelvis come off from
the external iliac artery by a common trunk
within the pelvis.
Besides the epigastric artery, there is an-
other artery, which is in danger of being
wounded in performing the operation for
crural hernia.
I allude to the obturator artery, which
though it commonly arises from the internal
iliac artery, yet sometimes, as in figure lst
of plate 4th, takes its origin in common with
the epigastric artery.
Richter, in his treatise on hernia, ob-
serves, that he had met with such a lusus *■;
and
* II n'est pas tres rare de Voir Fartere obturatrice naitre avec
1'epig-ass.rique par un tronc commun Part ere iliaque. J'ai vu
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