'Gilmore's groin'--or is it?

Open Access

1 September 1995

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in British Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 29 (3) , 206-208
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.29.3.206

Abstract

Groin injuries are a common and often difficult diagnostic problem. This paper reviews six patients presenting with symptoms highly suggestive of the syndrome 'Gilmore's groin', but in whom the pathophysiology of the groin disruption and its surgical management differed from Gilmore's description.

Keywords

DISRUPTION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
GROIN INJURIES
GILMORE'S GROIN
MANAGEMENT DIFFERED
OFTEN DIFFICULT
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT

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