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Questions to Ask General Surgeon
ASk if you can have an MRI to look for other causes, such as musculoskeletal problems in the adductor tendon, psoas muscle, rectus muscle, hip or spine. They would need to ask the radiologist how to order the test to get the proper information, including hernia. These (with the exception of hernia) are not seen on ct scan. The other alternative, and you may end up with this anyway, is a diagnostic laparoscopy with or without hernia repair. Sometimes the fat in the preperitoneal space can cause groin pain in women, and there is about a 60-70% chance of improvement with lap hernia repair in this situation (provided the pain is groin/pelvic). An intraperitoneal diagnostic laparoscopy can also look at the appendix directly, along with the ovaries, as well as for endometriosis. If it comes to this, may want to also ask if the case could be combined with a gynecologist. Hope this helps!