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An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the GROIN region. It can be classified by the location of herniation. Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL (transversalis fascia) in Hesselbach's triangle. The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults.
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- Hernia, Inguinal
- Hernias, Inguinal
- Inguinal Hernias
- Inguinal Hernia, Direct
- Inguinal Hernia, Indirect
- Direct Inguinal Hernia
- Direct Inguinal Hernias
- Hernia, Direct Inguinal
- Hernia, Indirect Inguinal
- Hernias, Direct Inguinal
- Hernias, Indirect Inguinal
- Indirect Inguinal Hernia
- Indirect Inguinal Hernias
- Inguinal Hernias, Direct
- Inguinal Hernias, Indirect
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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80; was INGUINAL HERNIA 1963-79
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inguinal Hernia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006552. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006552
- Inguinal Hernia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inguinal_hernia
- Inguinal Hernia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144039