An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominal cavity contents through the inguinal canal. Symptoms, which may include pain or...

Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube...

types of hernias can occur, most commonly involving the abdomen, and specifically the groin. Groin hernias are most commonly inguinal hernias but may also...

The inguinal canal is a passage in the anterior abdominal wall on each side of the body (one on each side of the midline), which in males, convey the spermatic...

common site for a hernia. Where the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall meets the thigh, a crease is formed known as the inguinal groove or crease...

iliac spine. It forms the base of the inguinal canal through which an indirect inguinal hernia may develop. The inguinal ligament runs from the anterior superior...

European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients. American Hernia Society Surgery Methods, Inguinal Hernia, Description...

triangle, after Franz Kaspar Hesselbach. Terms for anatomical location Inguinal hernia surgery Courtney M. Townsend Jr., MD, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, B. Mark...

muscles Inguinal hernia, a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal Direct inguinal hernia, a type of inguinal hernia with a...

Femoral hernias are hernias which occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass through a naturally occurring weakness in the abdominal...

Girish G, Ebrahim F, Gest T, Franz M (July 2006). "Sonography of inguinal region hernias". AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 187 (1): 185–90. doi:10...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia Morgagni's hernia Bochdalek hernia Hiatal hernia Iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia A scaphoid abdomen...

groin hernia may refer to: Inguinal hernia, a hernia through the inguinal canal Femoral hernia, a hernia through the femoral canal Velpeau hernia, a rare...

A hiatal hernia or hiatus hernia is a type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment...

Amyand's hernia is a rare form of an inguinal hernia (less than 1% of inguinal hernias) which occurs when the appendix is included in the hernial sac...

and strangulation of the hernia is rare because the underlying defect in the abdominal wall is larger than in an inguinal hernia of the newborn. The size...

diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni hernia, diaphragm...

weakening of the conjoint tendon can precipitate a direct inguinal hernia. A direct inguinal hernia will protrude through Hesselbach's triangle, whose borders...

Postherniorrhaphy hydrocele is a relatively rare complication of inguinal hernia repair. It is possibly due to interruption to the lymphatics draining...

by chronic groin pain in athletes and a dilated superficial ring of the inguinal canal. Football and ice hockey players are affected most frequently. Both...

greater than 3 months after surgery of inguinal hernia. Randomized trials of laparoscopic vs open inguinal hernia repair have demonstrated similar recurrence...

French physician Alexis de Littre. This hernia may occur in a number of anatomical locations, typically in the inguinal region (50%), umbilicus (20%) or femoral...

abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal. Femoral canal Femoral hernia Inguinal canal Moore, Keith L. (2018). Clinically Oriented...

An obturator hernia is a rare type of hernia, encompassing 0.07-1% of all hernias, of the pelvic floor in which pelvic or abdominal contents protrudes...

testicle), reduced fertility, and with the more rare complications being inguinal hernia, ilioinguinal nerve injury, tumor spillage, and hypogonadism. Unilateral...

weeks gestation was diagnosed with inguinal hernia and underwent surgery. Explorative surgery did not locate a hernia but revealed varicosities of the round...

kidney, to the inguinal ring In the inguinal canal Ectopic, having "wandered" from the path of descent, usually outside the inguinal canal and sometimes...

flexor), allowing attachment to the femur, along with the femoral nerve. Inguinal Hernia from the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Saint Pierre University...

vessels, at the spot where they become femoral, on the abdominal side of the inguinal ligaments and loosely connected with it. It is apparently a thickening...

et al. (August 2009). "European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients". Hernia. 13 (4): 343–403. doi:10.1007/s10029-009-0529-7...