"Hernia, Inguinal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D006552
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.300.707.374.875
|
| Concept/Terms |
Hernia, Inguinal- Hernia, Inguinal
- Hernias, Inguinal
- Inguinal Hernias
- Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal Hernia, Indirect- Inguinal Hernia, Indirect
- Hernia, Indirect Inguinal
- Hernias, Indirect Inguinal
- Indirect Inguinal Hernia
- Indirect Inguinal Hernias
- Inguinal Hernias, Indirect
Inguinal Hernia, Direct- Inguinal Hernia, Direct
- Direct Inguinal Hernia
- Direct Inguinal Hernias
- Hernia, Direct Inguinal
- Hernias, Direct Inguinal
- Inguinal Hernias, Direct
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hernia, Inguinal".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hernia, Inguinal".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hernia, Inguinal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hernia, Inguinal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hernia, Inguinal" by people in Profiles.
-
Pediatric Surgeons' Adoption of an Innovative Laparoscopic Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Mixed Methods Study. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Aug; 31(8):947-953.
-
Reply to Letter to the Editor. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 07; 55(7):1421.
-
Invited commentary: Contralateral processus closure to prevent metachronous inguinal hernia: A systematic review. Int J Surg. 2019 08; 68:175.
-
A genome-wide association study identifies four novel susceptibility loci underlying inguinal hernia. Nat Commun. 2015 Dec 21; 6:10130.
-
Unilateral groin surgery in children: will the addition of an ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal nerve block enhance the duration of analgesia of a single-shot caudal block? Paediatr Anaesth. 2009 Sep; 19(9):892-8.