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Groin Hernias in the Adult Presenting as Emergencies

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Abdominal Wall Hernias

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A minority of patients with a groin hernia present as an emergency, with a painful and irreducible mass or with intestinal obstruction. The terminology for the complications affecting a hernia is confusing, as various authors refer to irreducibility, incarceration, obstruction, and strangulation. Each of these terms involves irreducibility, for which incarceration is merely a synonym.

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Watkin, D. (2001). Groin Hernias in the Adult Presenting as Emergencies. In: Bendavid, R., Abrahamson, J., Arregui, M.E., Flament, J.B., Phillips, E.H. (eds) Abdominal Wall Hernias. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8574-3_84

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