Hernia (5150 bytes)
1: ...minal organ. It is generally advisable to repair hernias in a timely fashion, in order to prevent complic...
3: ...ess at its apex, and the "direct" type, where the hernia contents push through a weak spot in its back wal...
5: ...l bulge back in and tape a coin over the palpable hernia hole until closure occurs. This practice is not...
7: ...t", allowing part of the stomach to periodically "herniate" into the chest.
9: As above, hernias are primarily described by location. Each type ...

Inguinal hernia (2249 bytes)
1: ...t 90%) and are seen most often in men. ([[Femoral hernia]]s are more common for women.) They are a caused ...
3: ...s of inguinal hernia, ''direct'' and ''indirect'' hernias, and they have slightly different causes. The tw...
5: ==Indirect inguinal hernias==
7: ...nguinal canal. Conversely, the "direct" inguinal hernia enters part way down the canal through a weak poi...
9: ==Direct inguinal hernias==

Hiatus hernia (718 bytes)
1: ...atal hernia''' is the protrusion (or [[herniation|hernia]]) of the upper part of the stomach into the [[th...
7: ...uses or contributing factors for having an hiatal hernia:

Diaphragmatic hernia, (71 bytes)
1: ...|url=http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/hiatal-hernia.htm}}

Truss (medicine) (389 bytes)
1: ...surgical appliance]], particularly one used for [[hernia]] patients.
3: ...n the correct position. With the advent of modern hernia surgery, trusses have generally become obsolete.

Inguinal canal (915 bytes)
5: ...t inguinal hernia|direct]] or [[indirect inguinal hernia|indirect]], depending upon whether the contents i...

Schatzki's ring (243 bytes)
1: ...tal esophagus. It is frequntly seen with [[hiatal hernia]].

Nissen fundoplication (1446 bytes)
1: ...apy has failed, but in particular types of hiatus hernia (the ''paraoesophageal'' variant), it is the firs...

Discectomy (289 bytes)
5: *[[Hernia]]

Macewen's operation (239 bytes)
1: ...losing the internal ring with a pad made of the [[hernial sac]].

Lumbar (378 bytes)
9: *[[hernia]]

Polka Party (404 bytes)
4: #"Living With A Hernia" - 3:18

Intervertebral disc (957 bytes)
9: ...ulus fibrosus gets weaker, and the pulposus can [[hernia]]te through it. This is called a [[slipped disc]]...

General Surgery (941 bytes)
1: ...ility of head and neck surgery specialists) and [[hernia]].

Macewen's sign (782 bytes)
4: ... described [[Macewen's operation]] for [[inguinal hernia]].

Astley Paston Cooper (2620 bytes)
5: ...d in 1807 the second, part of his great work on [[hernia]], which added so largely to his reputation that ...
9: ...ief works are ''Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Hernia'' (1804-1807); ''Dislocations and Fractures'' (18...

Mallory-Weiss syndrome (1219 bytes)
1: ...here is some evidence that presence of a hiatal [[hernia]] is a required predisposing condition.

Bob Sacamano (1113 bytes)
3: ...r says that Sacamano went into the hospital for a hernia operation, and due to malpractice, he now sits by...

A Personal Matter (1190 bytes)
9: Bird's son, like Oe's, was born with a brain hernia. Bird tries to escape his responsibility for the ...

Lumbago (1185 bytes)
7: One of the most common causes of lumbago is a [[hernia]]ted [[intervertebral disk]] between the L5/S1 [[...

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