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Hernias Flashcards

1
Q

What type of hernia is the most common?

A

Inguinal

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2
Q

Are femoral hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Natural

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3
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Are obturator hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Natural

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4
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Are inguinal hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Natural

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5
Q

Are umbilical hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Natural

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6
Q

Are oesophageal hiatus hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Natural

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7
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Are incisional hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Weak areas

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8
Q

Are parastomal hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Weak areas

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9
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Are epigastric hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Weak areas

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10
Q

Are paraumbilical hernias from natural openings or weak areas?

A

Weak areas

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11
Q

Which type of hernia causes heartburn?

A

Oesophageal hiatus hernias

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12
Q

Which type of hernia cause the protrusion of an organ through the oesophageal opening in the diaphragm?

A

Hiatus hernia

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13
Q

Where is affected by an obturator hernia?

A

The pelvic floor

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14
Q

What is a parastomal hernia?

A

A type of incisional hernia

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15
Q

What type of tissue protrudes near the navel in a paraumbilical hernia?

A

Fatty tissue

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16
Q

What is done to prevent incisional hernias in patients who are predisposed?

A

Tension sutures and mass closure of the linea alba

17
Q

What type of hernia is caused by a congenital weakness of linea alba?

A

Epigastric hernia

18
Q

What type of hernia usually contains extraperitoneal fat?

A

Epigastric hernia

19
Q

Who is most likely to get an epigastric hernia?

A

(Men > Women)

Teens/ early adults

20
Q

Which type of hernia is a congenital hernia?

A

Umbilical

21
Q

When would you operate on an umbilical hernia?

A

Aged over 3

22
Q

What type of hernia isn’t congenital but usually presents at less than 1 year old?

A

Paediatric inguinal hernia

operation urgent

23
Q

What side is more common for paediatric inguinal hernias?

A

Right

24
Q

Which type of hernia causes a flattening of the groin crease?

A

Femoral

25
Q

Which type of people are most commonly affected by femoral hernias?

A

Females
(elderly)
(thin)

26
Q

Where is an inguinal hernia found in relation to pubic tubercle?

A

Above and medial to pubic tubercle

27
Q

Where is a femoral hernia found in relation to pubic tubercle?

A

Below and lateral to pubic tubercle

28
Q

What type of hernia shows scrotal swelling?

A

Inguino-scrotal hernia

INDIRECT

29
Q

Indirect/Direct

Causes scrotal swelling:

A

Indirect

30
Q

Indirect/Direct

Can be controlled by digital pressure over inguinal ring

A

Indirect

31
Q

Indirect/Direct

Not well controlled by digital pressure over inguinal ring

A

Direct

32
Q

Indirect/Direct

Medial to inferior epigastic vessels

A

Direct

33
Q

Indirect/Direct

Lateral to inferior epigastic vessels

A

Indirect

34
Q

Are congenital hernias direct or indirect?

A

Indirect

35
Q

Indirect hernias affect younger/older males:

A

Younger

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