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Abdominal Wall Hernias
Hernias of the abdominal wall in full: the composition of a hernia, the clinical classification from reducible to strangulated, and the anatomy that separates indirect from direct inguinal hernia — with the repairs that follow.
What this lecture covers
- Definition, aetiology and the composition of a hernia
- Contents of the sac
- Clinical classification: reducible, irreducible, obstructed, strangulated, inflamed
- Indirect (oblique) inguinal hernia
- Direct inguinal hernia, and telling the two apart
- Femoral, umbilical, epigastric and incisional hernias
- Complications and their recognition
- Principles of repair, open and laparoscopic
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