Classification:A sportmen's hernia is a syndrome characterized by chronic groin pain in athletes and a dilataed superficial ring of the inguinal canal,although a true hernia is not present.Inguinal.Diaphragm of an indirect,scrotal inguinal hernia(median view from the left).repair of inguinal hernia By the most common hernia(up to 75% of all abdominal hernias) are the so-called inguinal hernias.Inguinal hernias are further divided into the more common indirect inguinal hernia(2/3,deicted here),in which the inguinal canal is entered via a congenital weakness at its entrance(the internal inguinal ring),and the direct inguinal hernia type (1/3),where the hernia contents push through a weak sport in the back wall of the inguinal canal.