Indirect inguinal hernia
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Pathology: 75-80% hernias occur in inguinal region. Indirect five times commoner than direct. Contents may include small bowel loops, mobile colon segments (sigmoid, caecum, appendix), mesenteric fat. Complications: incarceration; strangulation; intestinal obstruction.
Image courtesy of: Dr Marina-Portia Anthony, Dr Dharmesh Modi
-<p>Pathology: 75-80% <a href="/articles/abdominal-hernia">hernias</a> occur in inguinal region. Indirect five times commoner than direct. Contents may include small bowel loops, mobile colon segments (sigmoid, caecum, appendix), mesenteric fat. Complications: incarceration; strangulation; intestinal obstruction.</p><p>Image courtesy of: Dr Marina-Portia Anthony, Dr Dharmesh Modi</p><p> </p>- +<p>Pathology: 75-80% <a href="/articles/abdominal-hernia">hernias</a> occur in inguinal region. Indirect five times commoner than direct. Contents may include small bowel loops, mobile colon segments (sigmoid, caecum, appendix), mesenteric fat. Complications: incarceration; strangulation; intestinal obstruction.</p><p>Image courtesy of: Dr Marina-Portia Anthony, Dr Dharmesh Modi</p>