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Descriptor English: Hernia, Inguinal
Descriptor Spanish: Hernia Inguinal
Descriptor hernia inguinal
Entry term(s) hernia inguinal directa
hernia inguinal indirecta
Scope note: Una hernia abdominal con una protrusión externa en la INGLE. Puede clasificarse según la localización de la herniación. Las hernias inguinales indirectas se producen a través del anillo inguinal interno. Las hernias inguinales directas ocurren a través de defectos de la PARED ABDOMINAL (fascia transversal) en el triángulo de Hesselbach. La primera se encuentra frecuentemente en los niños y adultos jóvenes y la segunda en los adultos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hérnia Inguinal
Descriptor French: Hernie inguinale
Entry term(s): Direct Inguinal Hernia
Direct Inguinal Hernias
Hernia, Direct Inguinal
Hernia, Indirect Inguinal
Hernias, Direct Inguinal
Hernias, Indirect Inguinal
Hernias, Inguinal
Indirect Inguinal Hernia
Indirect Inguinal Hernias
Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal Hernia, Direct
Inguinal Hernia, Indirect
Inguinal Hernias
Inguinal Hernias, Direct
Inguinal Hernias, Indirect
Tree number(s): C23.300.707.374.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006552
Scope note: An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the GROIN region. It can be classified by the location of herniation. Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL (transversalis fascia) in Hesselbach's triangle. The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 80; was INGUINAL HERNIA 1963-79
Online Note: use HERNIA, INGUINAL to search INGUINAL HERNIA 1966-79
History Note: 80; was INGUINAL HERNIA 1963-79
DeCS ID: 6711
Unique ID: D006552
NLM Classification: WI 960
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Hernia, Inguinal - Preferred
Concept UI M0010267
Scope note An abdominal hernia with an external bulge in the GROIN region. It can be classified by the location of herniation. Indirect inguinal hernias occur through the internal inguinal ring. Direct inguinal hernias occur through defects in the ABDOMINAL WALL (transversalis fascia) in Hesselbach's triangle. The former type is commonly seen in children and young adults; the latter in adults.
Preferred term Hernia, Inguinal
Entry term(s) Hernias, Inguinal
Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal Hernias
Inguinal Hernia, Indirect - Narrower
Concept UI M0453543
Preferred term Inguinal Hernia, Indirect
Entry term(s) Hernia, Indirect Inguinal
Hernias, Indirect Inguinal
Indirect Inguinal Hernia
Indirect Inguinal Hernias
Inguinal Hernias, Indirect
Inguinal Hernia, Direct - Narrower
Concept UI M0453544
Preferred term Inguinal Hernia, Direct
Entry term(s) Direct Inguinal Hernia
Direct Inguinal Hernias
Hernia, Direct Inguinal
Hernias, Direct Inguinal
Inguinal Hernias, Direct



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