ForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointSpecialty:MultispecialtyAllergy&ImmunologyAnesthesiologyBusinessofMedicineCardiologyCriticalCareDermatologyDiabetes&EndocrinologyEmergencyMedicineFamilyMedicineGastroenterologyGeneralSurgeryHematology-OncologyHIV/AIDSHospitalMedicineInfectiousDiseasesInternalMedicineMultispecialtyNephrologyNeurologyOb/Gyn&Women'sHealthOncologyOphthalmologyOrthopedicsPathology&LabMedicinePediatricsPlasticSurgeryPsychiatryPublicHealthPulmonaryMedicineRadiologyRheumatologyTransplantationUrologyMedicalStudentsNursesPharmacistsResidentsTodayonMedscapeEdition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSLogInSignUpIt'sFree!Edition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSRegisterLogInNoResultsNoResultsSaturday,August21,2021ForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointclosePleaseconfirmthatyouwouldliketologoutofMedscape.Ifyoulogout,youwillberequiredtoenteryourusernameandpasswordthenexttimeyouvisit.LogoutCancelhttps://profreg.medscape.com/px/getpracticeprofile.do?method=getProfessionalProfile&urlCache=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vYW5zd2Vycy8xNDk2MDgtMTIxNzU2L3doYXQtaXMtYW4taW5jYXJjZXJhdGVkLWhlcm5pYQ==processing....Drugs&Diseases>ClinicalProcedures>HerniaReductionQ&AWhatisanincarceratedhernia?Updated:Apr16,2020Author:AjitaRShah,MD;ChiefEditor:KurtERoberts,MD more...ReferencesShareEmailPrintFeedbackCloseFacebookTwitterLinkedInGoogle+AnswerAnincarceratedherniacannoteasilybereturnedtoitsoriginalcompartment.Theoverlyingskinshouldappeartobenormal,thecontentsshouldnotbetense,andbowelsoundscansometimesbeheard.Theincarceratedtissuemaybebowel,omentum,orotherabdominalcontents.Asmallerapertureofherniationandadhesionscanprecipitateincarceration.Anincarceratedherniacanoftenbereducedmanually,especiallywithsufficientanesthesia.[9,13]Obstructionisaconcern;aherniaisoneofthethreemostcommoncausesofobstruction.Inadditiontocausingsignsofobstruction,anobstructedherniahasamoretenseappearancethananonobstructedhernia,and