@article{3052991, title = "Embryology, anatomy, and surgical applications of the preperitoneal space", author = "Kingsnorth, AN and Skandalakis, PN and Colborn, GL and Weidman, TA and and Skandalakis, LJ and Skandalakis, JE", journal = "Surgical Clinics of North America", year = "2000", volume = "80", number = "1", pages = "1+", publisher = "W B SAUNDERS CO LTD", issn = "0039-6109", doi = "10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70394-7", abstract = "This article discusses the enigmatic preperitoneal space, with emphasis on the spaces of Bogros and Retzius. Detailed information about the anatomic pathway to the preperitoneal space for the repair of inguinofemoral hernia from above (i.e., skin to myopectineal orifice of Fruchaud) and from below (i.e., peritoneum to myopectineal orifice of Fruchaud) is presented." }