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Usually occurring in women, femoral hernias are particularly at risk of becoming irreducible (not able to be pushed back into place) and strangulated. Not all hernias that are irreducible are strangulated (have their blood supply cut off ), but all hernias that are irreducible need to be evaluated by a health-care provider.
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www.emedicinehealth.com/hernia/article_em.htm
www.emedicinehealth.com/hernia/article_em.htm
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Hernias are fixed with surgery both to eliminate pain and to correct or prevent a dangerous strangulated hernia. Year to year the risk of strangulation is small, however if the patient has a reasonable life expectancy this risk will add up to a significant risk over the patient's lifetime.
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www.markfuscomd.com/hernia.htm
www.markfuscomd.com/hernia.htm
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The incidence of incarcerated or strangulated hernias in pediatric patients is 10-20%; 50% of these occur in infants younger than 6 months. 10 ... Strangulated hernias are differentiated from incarcerated hernias by the following:
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/775630-overview
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Hernia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A hernia is protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. A hiatal hernia occurs when the stomach protrudes upwards into the mediastinum throu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia
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Another type of hernia, called a hiatal hernia, can also develop into a strangulated hernia. Hiatal hernias occur in the aperture of the diaphragm where the esophagus joins the stomach. The symptoms of a strangulated hiatal hernia include difficulty swallowing and extreme chest pain.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-strangulated-hernia.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-strangulated-hernia.htm
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I’d like to see some statistics of how many die from strangulated hernias. I feel the advice to get surgery *now* is manipulative. I don’t see a proper weighing of the possibilities of dying from strangulation vs the possibility of dying from hernia surgery or resulting complications...
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www.herniablog.com/strangulated-hernia/2009/08/
www.herniablog.com/strangulated-hernia/2009/08/
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Indirect hernias are the most common type of inguinal hernia. ... An incarcerated hernia is caused by swelling and can lead to a strangulated hernia, in which the blood supply to the incarcerated small intestine is jeopardized. A strangulated hernia is a serious condition and requires immediate medical attention.
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digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/inguinalhernia/i...
digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/inguinalhernia/index.htm
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The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate factors that increase the risk of bowel necrosis and document the outcome of bowel resection in patients with strangulated hernias. ... In conclusion, incarcerated hernias are more common in men, but intestinal resection is required more often in women. The risk of...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12724826
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BACKGROUND: Prostheses are widely used in the elective treatment of adult groin hernias. ... BACKGROUND: Prostheses are widely used in the elective treatment of adult groin hernias. Their use for strangulated hernias remains controversial because of the potential risk of sepsis.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/9117290
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