OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR

Course overview

AN ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA CONSISTS OF A PROTRUSION OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL TISSUE THROUGH A FASCIAL DEFECT IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL. INGUINAL HERNIAS ARE VERY COMMON (APPROXIMATELY 75% OF ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS) WITH OTHER TYPES OF HERNIAS OCCURRING AT WEAK AREAS OF ABDOMINAL WALL FASCIA.TYPICALLY A HERNIA CONSISTS OF VISCERAL CONTENTS, A PERITONEAL SAC, AND OVERLYING TISSUE (E.G., SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE). THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY THAT LEADS TO INGUINAL HERNIAS AND REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND TECHNIQUE INVOLVED IN PERFORMING OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING THIS PROCEDURE.