No disease of the human body, belonging to the province of the surgeon, requires in its treatment a better combination of accurate anatomical knowledge with surgical skill than Hernia in all its varieties.
Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1804)
Learning objectives
Definition of hernia
The anatomy of the common hernias
Pathology of hernia
Classification of abdominal wall hernias
Complications of hernia
When the hernia becomes strangulated
Diagnosis of hernia
Which hernias are more susceptible to strangulation
Diagnosis of strangulated hernia
The common surgical approaches to hernias; open and laparoscopic
