Hernie

Key facts

Medical condition.name

Hernia

Medical condition.image

Inguinalhernia.gif

Medical condition.caption

Diagram of an indirect inguinal hernia (view from the side)

Medical condition.field

General surgery

Medical condition.symptoms

Pain especially with coughing, bulging area

Medical condition.complications

Bowel strangulation

Medical condition.onset

50 years old (groin hernias)

Medical condition.risks

Smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, pregnancy, peritoneal dialysis, collagen vascular disease, connective tissue disease

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on symptoms, medical imaging

Medical condition.treatment

Observation, surgery

Medical condition.frequency

18.5 million (2015)

Medical condition.deaths

59,800 (2015)

via Wikipedia infobox

• Inguinal Hernias: Diagnosis and Management.ReviewAmerican family physician · 2020Shakil A, Aparicio K, Barta E et al.
• Another type of diaphragmatic hernia to remember: parahiatal hernia.ReviewANZ journal of surgery · 2020Li J, Guo C, Shao X et al.DOI: 10.1111/ans.15926
• Epiploic Appendagitis in a Femoral Hernia.ReviewJournal of radiology case reports · 2019McArthur D, McArthur CDOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v13i5.3639
• De Garengeot's hernia patients entirely treated laparoscopically: a safe and feasible alternative-a systematic review.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Gómez-Portilla A, Merino E, López de Heredia E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00423-023-02889-2
• Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias.ReviewHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2009Muysoms FE, Miserez M, Berrevoet F et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0518-x
• Amyand Hernia in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Perforated Appendicitis Undergoing Laparoscopy: A Brief Report and Literature Review.ReviewThe American surgeon · 2023Huttinger RM, Sawyer EMDOI: 10.1177/00031348211038583
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Morgagni-Larrey type.Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion · 2024Perolada Beaus B, Casañ Pallardó M, Gellida Vilaroig M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.redare.2023.11.003
• [Complicated right Bochdalek hernia].Medicina · 2024Suldrup F, Espejo N, Higuera F et al.

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disease

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Hernia de Morgani.JPG

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