{"id":2279,"date":"2008-07-29T19:09:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T23:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/education\/gi-curriculum-1\/abdominal-wall-hernias\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:42:59","slug":"abdominal-wall-hernias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/education\/gi-curriculum-1\/abdominal-wall-hernias\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdominal Wall\/Hernias"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Inguinal<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"style1\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a class=\"style4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=hernia+femoral\/surgery%5BMaJR%5D+AND+hasabstract%5Btext%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">femoral<\/a> (limited to citations with abstracts)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a class=\"style4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=15221644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct vs. indirect<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"style4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=hernia+inguinal\/surgery%5BMesh%5D+AND+%22patent+processus+vaginalis%22%5BAll%20Fields%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patent processus vaginalis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=hydrocele\/surgery%5BMAJR%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hydrocele<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">procedures\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=9164817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">native tissue vs. mesh <\/a>(review article)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery+AND+anesthesia+general+AND+hasabstract%5Btext%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anesthesia considerations<\/a> (limited to citations with abstracts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery%5BMeSH%5D+AND+lap+versus+open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laparoscopic vs. open procedure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>tension\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery+AND+%28Bassini%20%5Btiab%5D+OR+McVay%20%5Btiab%5D%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bassini or McVay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>tension-free\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery+AND+Lichtenstein%5Btiab%5D+hasabstract%5BText%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lichtenstein<\/a> (limited to citations with abstracts)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery+AND+%28mesh%5BText+Word%5D+AND+plug%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mesh plug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=%28%E2%80%9Cprolene+hernia+system%E2%80%9D+OR+PHS%29+AND+inguinal+hernia\/surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prolene Hernia System<\/a> (PHS)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=%28TAPP%5BText%20Word%5D+OR+%E2%80%9Dtransabdominal+preperitoneal%E2%80%9D%5Btiab%5D%29+AND+inguinal+hernia\/surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAPP<\/a> or <a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=%28TEP%5BText%20Word%5D+OR+%E2%80%9Dtotal+extraperitoneal%E2%80%9D%5Btiab%5D%29+AND+inguinal+hernia\/surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>complications\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia+AND+peripheral%20nerves\/injuries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nerve injuries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia\/surgery+AND+surgical+wound+infections%5BMaJR%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=inguinal+hernia%20%5BMaJR%5D+AND+%28recurrent%20%5Btiab%5D+OR+recurrence%20%5BMeSH%5D%29+AND+treatment+outcome%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recurrences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Incisional<\/h2>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"style1\" style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=incisional%5Btiab%5D+AND+hernia\/prevention+and+control%5BMeSH%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">causative factors\/prevention<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"style1\"><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=14615114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medical treatment<\/a> (review article)<\/li>\n<li class=\"style1\">procedures\n<ul>\n<li class=\"style1\"><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=surgical+mesh%5BMaJR%5D+AND+%28incisional+AND+hernia+ventral\/surgery%29+AND+hasabstract%5Btext%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mesh repair <\/a>(limited to citations with abstracts)<\/li>\n<li class=\"style1\"><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=Suture+AND+surgical+mesh%5BMeSH%5D+AND+comparative+study+AND+%28hernia+ventral\/surgery+AND+incisional%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mesh vs. primary closure<\/a> (suture)<\/li>\n<li class=\"style1\">l<a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=Open+%5BText+Word%5D+AND+%28laparoscopy+OR+laparoscopic%29+AND+comparative+study+AND+%28hernia+ventral\/surgery+AND+incisional%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aparoscopic vs. open<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"style4\"><a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?holding=uncchlib_fft_ndi&amp;CMD=search&amp;db=pubmed&amp;term=%28intraoperative+complications%5BMAJR%5D+OR+postoperative+%20complications%5BMAJR%5D%29+AND+%28hernia+ventral\/surgery+AND+incisional%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inguinal femoral (limited to citations with abstracts) direct vs. indirect patent processus vaginalis hydrocele procedures native tissue vs. mesh (review article) 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