"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.
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 Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Hernia, Inguinal" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Hernia, Inguinal" by people in Profiles.
-
Female Newborn With Bulge in the Left Inguinal Region. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 02; 77(2):268-282.
-
Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Barbed Suture after Minimally Invasive Inguinal Hernia Repair. Am Surg. 2020 Jan 01; 86(1):e14-e16.
-
Application of an infant spinal anesthesia protocol in infants presenting for inguinal herniorrhaphy improves operating room and postanesthesia recovery unit utilization. Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 08; 29(8):881-882.
-
Approach to Groin Hernias. JAMA Surg. 2019 Jun 01; 154(6):551-552.
-
Down boy! A case of acute abdomen following a dog bite to the scrotum. BMC Pediatr. 2019 05 28; 19(1):169.
-
Laparoscopic Surgery in Infants Under Spinal Anesthesia Block: A Case Report of 3 Cases. A A Pract. 2019 Mar 01; 12(5):168-170.
-
Inguinal bladder hernia with lipomatosis of the bladder wall: A potential clinical pitfall for cancer. Urologia. 2019 Feb; 86(1):35-38.
-
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial. Lancet. 2019 02 16; 393(10172):664-677.
-
Reply to Letter to the Editor. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 06; 54(6):1265.
-
Inguinal hernia containing a native orthotopic kidney. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jan 18; 12(1).