hernial sac contents
Last reviewed 01/2018
A hernia may contain:
- a section of bowel
- omentum
- part of the circumference of bowel (Richter's hernia)
- two loops of bowel (Maydl's hernia)
- Meckel's diverticulum (Littre's hernia)
- bladder
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