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  2. Femoral hernia - Wikipedia

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    Thus, an irreducible, obstructed hernia can also be called an incarcerated one." [5] "Incarcerated hernia is a hernia that cannot be reduced. These may lead to bowel obstruction but are not associated with vascular compromise." [6] A hernia can be described as reducible if the contents within the sac can be pushed back through the defect into ...

  3. Hernia - Wikipedia

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    Irreducible abdominal hernias or incarcerated hernias may be painful, but their most relevant symptom is that they cannot return to the abdominal cavity when pushed in. They may be chronic, although painless, and can lead to strangulation (loss of blood supply), obstruction (kinking of intestine), or both.

  4. List of mountain passes in California - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.

  5. Inguinal hernia - Wikipedia

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    Ultrasound showing an indirect inguinal hernia [18] Incarcerated inguinal hernia [19] An indirect inguinal hernia results from the failure of embryonic closure of the deep inguinal ring. In the male it can occur after the testicle has passed through the deep inguinal ring. It is the most common cause of groin hernia.

  6. California Trail - Wikipedia

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    From Fort Hall the Oregon and California trails went about 50 miles (80 km) southwest along the Snake River Valley to another "parting of the ways" trail junction at the junction of the Raft and Snake rivers. The California Trail from the junction followed the Raft River to the City of Rocks in Idaho near the present Nevada-Idaho-Utah tripoint ...

  7. Inguinal hernia surgery - Wikipedia

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    Groin hernia includes femoral, obturator, and inguinal. [1] Inguinal hernia is the most common type of hernia and consist of about 75% of all hernia surgery cases in the US. Inguinal hernia, which results from lower abdominal wall weakness or defect, [2] is more common among men with about 90% of total cases.

  8. Spigelian hernia - Wikipedia

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    A Spigelian hernia is the type of ventral hernia that occurs through the Spigelian aponeurosis, which is the part of the aponeurosis of the transverse abdominal muscle bounded by the linea semilunaris (or Spigelian line) laterally and the lateral edge of the rectus abdominis muscle medially.

  9. Richter's hernia - Wikipedia

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    A Richter's hernia occurs when the antimesenteric wall of the intestine protrudes through a defect in the abdominal wall. This is distinct from other types of abdominal hernias in that only one intestinal wall protrudes through the defect, such that the lumen of the intestine is incompletely contained in the defect, while the rest remains in the peritoneal cavity.