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A hernia caused by weakness of the anterior ABDOMINAL WALL due to midline defects, previous incisions, or increased intra-abdominal pressure. Ventral hernias include UMBILICAL HERNIA, incisional, epigastric, and spigelian hernias.
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- Hernia, Ventral
- Hernias, Ventral
- Ventral Hernias
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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 VENTRAL HERNIA 1963-79
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ventral Hernia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006555. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006555
- Ventral Hernia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66091405