Hernias Flashcards
What type of hernia is the most common?
Inguinal
Are femoral hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Natural
Are obturator hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Natural
Are inguinal hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Natural
Are umbilical hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Natural
Are oesophageal hiatus hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Natural
Are incisional hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Weak areas
Are parastomal hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Weak areas
Are epigastric hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Weak areas
Are paraumbilical hernias from natural openings or weak areas?
Weak areas
Which type of hernia causes heartburn?
Oesophageal hiatus hernias
Which type of hernia cause the protrusion of an organ through the oesophageal opening in the diaphragm?
Hiatus hernia
Where is affected by an obturator hernia?
The pelvic floor
What is a parastomal hernia?
A type of incisional hernia
What type of tissue protrudes near the navel in a paraumbilical hernia?
Fatty tissue
What is done to prevent incisional hernias in patients who are predisposed?
Tension sutures and mass closure of the linea alba
What type of hernia is caused by a congenital weakness of linea alba?
Epigastric hernia
What type of hernia usually contains extraperitoneal fat?
Epigastric hernia
Who is most likely to get an epigastric hernia?
(Men > Women)
Teens/ early adults
Which type of hernia is a congenital hernia?
Umbilical
When would you operate on an umbilical hernia?
Aged over 3
What type of hernia isn’t congenital but usually presents at less than 1 year old?
Paediatric inguinal hernia
operation urgent
What side is more common for paediatric inguinal hernias?
Right
Which type of hernia causes a flattening of the groin crease?
Femoral
Which type of people are most commonly affected by femoral hernias?
Females
(elderly)
(thin)
Where is an inguinal hernia found in relation to pubic tubercle?
Above and medial to pubic tubercle
Where is a femoral hernia found in relation to pubic tubercle?
Below and lateral to pubic tubercle
What type of hernia shows scrotal swelling?
Inguino-scrotal hernia
INDIRECT
Indirect/Direct
Causes scrotal swelling:
Indirect
Indirect/Direct
Can be controlled by digital pressure over inguinal ring
Indirect
Indirect/Direct
Not well controlled by digital pressure over inguinal ring
Direct
Indirect/Direct
Medial to inferior epigastic vessels
Direct
Indirect/Direct
Lateral to inferior epigastic vessels
Indirect
Are congenital hernias direct or indirect?
Indirect
Indirect hernias affect younger/older males:
Younger
