Complications
Most common (with an incidence of approximately 7%) complication after surgery in adults.[35] Most will reabsorb spontaneously over weeks, but some require operative drainage.
Inguinal hernia may be classified as reducible or incarcerated.
Patients with incarcerated hernias usually present with vomiting and abdominal pain. On physical examination, there will be a non-reducible inguinal mass.
Manual reduction, usually facilitated by sedation to relax the abdomen, is the first step. Urgent surgical repair should be performed once the hernia is reduced. If it is not possible to reduce the hernia, immediate surgical repair is indicated.[7]
A rare complication of untreated abdominoscrotal hydrocele.
A rare complication of untreated abdominoscrotal hydrocele.
A complication of late treatment of an incarcerated or strangulated hernia due to vascular obstruction.
A very rare complication of untreated abdominoscrotal hydrocele.
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