In reviewing the award this court vacated the portion of the award concerning the "right femoral hernia" and affirmed the portion of the award concerning the "left inguinal hernia." National Zinc Company v. Daley, Okla., 350 P.2d 284. Respondent furnished the deceased an operation repairing the "left inguinal hernia" and he returned to work for the respondent.
"A. His healing period, his stump was considered healed as of August 13, 1963." We have repeatedly held that where an employee's disability is of such character as to require skilled and professional persons to determine the cause and extent thereof, the question is one of science and must necessarily be proved by expert testimony, and in the absence of such evidence on which to base an award, the award will be vacated. National Zinc Company, Inc., v. Daley, Okla., 350 P.2d 284; Glaspey v. Dickerson, Okla., 350 P.2d 939. There is no medical evidence in the case at bar to sustain the order of the lower tribunal finding that claimant was still temporarily totally disabled and in need of further medical treatment, and under these circumstances, the award must be vacated.