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strangulated hernia

[′straŋ·gyə‚lād·əd ′hər·nē·ə]
(medicine)
A hernia involving the intestine in which circulation of the blood and fecal current are blocked.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The diagnosis of strangulated hernia was based on physical examination such as painful palpable bulge and/or nonreducible mass of the inguinal region.
Pat died of a strangulated hernia at University Hospital, in Coventry, on February 1.
If the patient is unstable or has a strangulated hernia the operation may have to be performed in stages (5, 6).
At three months old he suffered a strangulated hernia and had to undergo an operation at Alder Hey hospital.
Mrs Alker, from Mountfield Court, Orrell, had been fit and healthy before suffering a strangulated hernia in April 2003.
In a few rare cases, a strangulated hernia can be life-threatening, so treatment is vital.
In the present study 12 cases of obstruction are related to hernia (24%), out of which 8 cases are strangulated hernia (66%).
But then he was rushed to hospital with a strangulated hernia and she took me instead - but not before charging and insisting I pay for the parking and coffee for her and her husband.
Cllr Eric Smith died in Warwick Hospital on February 20 after suffering a strangulated hernia.
He was rushed to hospital in the northern Italian city of Perugia where doctors diagnosed a strangulated hernia.
However, a preoperative Computed Tomography (CT) scan was not performed and the patient was misdiagnosed with a strangulated hernia.
The coroner ruled that Mr Reilly died of multiple organ failure as a result of a strangulated hernia.
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