Cord Structures Inguinal Hernia
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Cord structures inguinal hernia. While these may present at any age indirect inguinal hernias are thought to be congenital in etiology. A bulging area may occur that becomes larger when bearing down. The inguinal canal is a short passage that extends inferiorly and medially through the inferior part of the abdominal wall. Inguinal hernia surgery inguinal herniorrhaphy cord structure complications in hernia surgery herniorrhaphy cord structure complications vas deferens pampiniform venous plexus this is a preview of subscription content log in to check access.
Indirect hernias are a protrusion of the hernia sac at the internal ring. The deep transverse fascia becomes a funnel shaped structure that extends downward to cover the spermatic cord structures the vas deferens the testicular vessels and the hernia sac of the oblique inguinal at the internal inguinal ring and becomes the internal spermatic fascia entering the inguinal canal. Indirect inguinal hernias are the most common type of hernia in both sexes. In a series of 280 hernia repairs there was an 11 prevalence of cord lipomas associated with indirect hernias.
Cord lipomas are fatty masses lateral or inferior to the spermatic cord whereas fat containing hernias occur anteromedial to the cord. The indirect inguinal hernia develops at the site of the internal ring or the location where the spermatic cord in men and the round ligament in women enters the abdomen. An inguinal hernia is located above and medial to the pubic tubercle. The overall prevalence of cord lipomas was 22 5 10.
An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of abdominal cavity contents through the inguinal canal. The canal serves as a pathway by which structures can pass from the abdominal wall to the external genitalia. The cremaster muscle which envelops the cord structures originates from the internal oblique musculature. It is superior and parallel to the inguinal ligament.
Inguinal hernias are classified anatomically as direct or indirect. 13 the most common type of hernia is a direct inguinal hernia that on physical examination appears as a diffuse bulge at the internal ring in the medial part of the inguinal canal. The inguinal canal is a tubular structure that runs inferomedially and contains the spermatic cord in ma. The transversalis abdominis muscle and its fascia represent the true floor of the inguinal canal.
13 an indirect inguinal hernia is congenital in origin and it is caused by a failure of the. Symptoms are present in about 66 of affected people. The internal oblique aponeurosis is more prominent cephalad in the inguinal canal and its fibers form the superior border of the canal itself.