Hernias of the Abdominal Wall

Question 1

Hernias that are not reducible

Answer 1

Incarceration

Question 2

Hernias associated with bowel obstruction and bowel ischemia

Answer 2

Strangulation

Question 3

Hernia the entrap only a portion of the bowel wall without compromising viability

Answer 3

Richter hernias

Question 4

Hernia that extend through the internal inguinal ring into the inguinal canal

Lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels

Answer 4

Indirect inguinal hernia

Question 5

Hernias that occur medial to the inferior epigastric vessels directly into the inguinal canal through a weakness in its floor

Answer 5

Direct inguinal hernia

Question 6

Hernia that occurs through defects in the lumbar musculature posterolaterally below the 12th rib and above the iliac crest

Answer 6

Lumbar hernias

Question 7

Hernia the occurs in the lower abdominal wall lateral to the rectus abdominis and inferior to the umbilicus through a defect in the aponeurosis of the transversus abdominia and internal oblique muscles

Answer 7

Springelian hernia