Inguinal Hernia
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
The purpose of this module is to become familiar with the anatomy of the groin, understand the anatomical difference between an indirect and direct hernia and describe the anatomical difference between an inguinal and femoral hernia.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Discuss the differential diagnosis of inguinal pain, mass or bulge. consider hernia, adenopathy, muscular strain.
- Describe the anatomic differences between indirect and direct hernias.
- Discuss the relative frequency of indirect, direct and femoral hernias by age and gender.
- Discuss the clinical conditions that may predispose to development of inguinal hernia.
- Describe the potential sites for abdominal wall hernias. Consider incisional, umbilical, inguinal, femoral, Spigelian, and epigastric. Differentiate diastasis recti from abdominal hernia.
Assessments
e-Learning Module Completion
Tags
Basic Sciences
Anatomy
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
MCC Presentations
Hernia (Abdominal Wall and Groin)
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Hernia [C23.300.707]
Hernia, Inguinal [C23.300.707.374.875]
