Surgical correction of inguinal hernias is called a hernia repair. Other early symptoms may include inguinal and umbilical hernias. Abdominal contents may protrude through the ring in inguinal hernia. Many children also have umbilical or inguinal hernias. Repair techniques are similar for femoral and inguinal hernia. Inguinal lymph nodes are lymph nodes in the human groin. Groin hernias are most commonly of the inguinal type but may also be femoral. Robb Flynn requiring emergency surgery to treat an inguinal hernia. In 2015 inguinal, femoral and abdominal hernias affected about 18.5 million people. Symptoms may or may not be present in some inguinal hernias. Surgical correction is always recommended for inguinal hernias in children. This weakness may be inherent, as in the case of inguinal, femoral and umbilical hernias. It is unclear if inguinal hernias are associated with heavy lifting. Men have an 8 times higher incidence of inguinal hernia than women. It arises from the external iliac artery, immediately above the inguinal ligament.