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Inguinal hernia : risk factors, prognosis and management / Donald C. Hansen, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New Developments in Medical Research
- Nova Biomedical
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inguinal hernia--Surgery.
- Inguinal hernia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A hernia is defined as a protusion or projection of an organ or a part of an organ through the body wall that normally contains it. The risk for inguinal hernia is highest among Caucasian males. Other risk factors include a history of another hernia, advanced age, abdominal wall injury, history of abdominal aortic aneurysm and smoking. Inguinal hernias have a variety of clinical presentations ranging from a finding of a painless bulge in the groin region on routine physical examination to emergent, life-threatening presentations due to bowel strangulation. Most hernias can be diagnosed on phys
- Contents:
- INGUINAL HERNIA: RISK FACTORS, PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT; INGUINAL HERNIA: RISK FACTORS, PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Groin Hernia: Risk Factors, Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatments; Chapter 2: Recurrent Inguinal Hernia; Chapter 3: Inguinal Hernia Surgery in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis; Chapter 4: Histopathological Surprises in Inguinal Hernial Sac; Chapter 5: "Tension-Free" Autoplasty of Inguinal Hernia; Chapter 6: Open Techniques of Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Chapter 7: Management of Incisional Hernia Repair under Local AnesthesiaChapter 8: Influence of Inguinal Hernia Mesh Repair on Testicular Flow and Sperm Autoimmunity; Chapter 9: Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: TAPP and TEP; Chapter 10: Self-Adhesive Meshes in Inguinal Hernia Repair (Laparoscopic and Open Approach) Self-Adhesives Prosthesis; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63482-663-9
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