The following structures may be injured during surgery to repair an inguinal hernia:
Any of these nerves may be divided, crushed, or entrapped by suture or mesh during repair of a groin hernia. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is vulnerable especially during laparoscopic hernia repair.
The ilioinguinal, genitofemoral, Iliohypogastric, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves
The femoral nerve
The popliteal nerve
The nerve to the psoas major muscle
Hernia