NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListAnnTranslMedv.2(11);2014NovPMC4245506AnnTranslMed.2014Nov;2(11):110.doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.11.05PMCID:PMC4245506PMID:25489584AcuteincarceratedexternalabdominalherniaXue-FeiYang1andJia-LinLiu2Xue-FeiYang1FindarticlesbyXue-FeiYangJia-LinLiu2FindarticlesbyJia-LinLiuAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofSurgery,TheUniversityofHongKong-ShenzhenHospital,Shenzhen518053,China;2DepartmentofHepatobiliarySurgery,ShenzhenPeople’sHospital&SecondClinicalMedicalCollegeofJinanUniversity,Shenzhen518020,ChinaCorrespondingauthor.Correspondenceto:Jia-LinLiu.DepartmentofHepatobiliarySurgery,ShenzhenPeople’sHospital,No.1017,NorthDongmenRoad,LuohuDistrict,Shenzhen518020,China.Email:[email protected]@5573864.Received2014Aug10;Accepted2014Oct11.Copyright2014AnnalsofTranslationalMedicine.Allrightsreserved.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Externalabdominalherniaoccurswhenabdominalorgansortissuesleavetheirnormalanatomicsiteandprotrudeoutsidetheskinthroughthecongenitaloracquiredweakness,defectsorholesontheabdominalwall,includinginguinalhernia,umbilicalhernia,femoralherniaandsoon.Acuteincarceratedherniaisacommonsurgicalemergency.Withadvancesinminimallyinvasivedevicesandtechniques,thediagnosisandtreatmenthavewitnessedmajorchanges,suchastheuseoflaparoscopicsurgeryinsomecasestoachieveminimallyinvasivetreatment.However,strictadherencetotheindicationsandcontraindicationsisstillrequired.Keywords:Hernia,abdominal,inguinal,umbilical,laparoscopyExternalabdominalherniaoccurswhenabdominalorgansortissueleavetheirnormalanatomicsiteandprotrudeoutsidetheskinthroughthecongenitaloracquiredweakness,defectsorholesontheabdominalwall.Herniaprotrudingthroughthegroinarea(thetriangleareaformedbythelinebetweenbilateralanteriorsuperioriliacspinesandtheouteredgeoftherectusabdominisandtheinguinallig