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Incarcerated Inguinal Hernias

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Emergency General Surgery

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Treatment of the incarcerated inguinal hernia is tailored based on multiple factors related to the patient and the patient’s presentation. In this chapter, we review different realms of incarcerated inguinal hernias which may present to the emergency room. These may include the acutely incarcerated hernia vs the chronically incarcerated hernia. They include the asymptomatic vs the symptomatic incarcerated hernia. Focus is on the safe treatment of the emergency patient. Surgical techniques are reviewed. Discussion and tips are also provided on how to handle the strangulated inguinal hernia and the special case of the femoral hernia.

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  1. Beverly Hills Hernia Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

    Shirin Towfigh

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  1. Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Carlos V. R. Brown

  2. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Kenji Inaba

  3. Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA

    Matthew J. Martin

  4. Brigham and Womens’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Ali Salim

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Towfigh, S. (2019). Incarcerated Inguinal Hernias. In: Brown, C., Inaba, K., Martin, M., Salim, A. (eds) Emergency General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96286-3_33

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