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==Introduction==
==Description==
[[Image:hernial sac.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Diagram of a hernial sac (Copyright Elspeth Milne 2007)]]
[[Image:hernial sac.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Diagram of a hernial sac (Copyright Elspeth Milne 2007)]]
A hernia is defined as the displacement of an organ through a normal aperture (a '''true hernia''') or pathological aperture ('''false hernia''' or '''rupture'''). The mobile organs of the abdomen are most commonly displaced through apertures in the abdominal wall, diaphragm, inguinal canal or femoral canal.
A hernia is defined as the displacement of an organ through a normal aperture (a '''true hernia''') or pathological aperture ('''false hernia''' or '''rupture'''). The mobile organs of the abdomen are most commonly displaced through apertures in the abdominal wall, diaphragm, inguinal canal or femoral canal.
*'''[[Richter's Hernia|Richter's hernia]]''' is a rare form of hernia in which only one wall of the small intestine is trapped in the hernial sac, resulting in a partial intestinal obstruction.
*'''[[Richter's Hernia|Richter's hernia]]''' is a rare form of hernia in which only one wall of the small intestine is trapped in the hernial sac, resulting in a partial intestinal obstruction.
==Literature Search==
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|Vetstream = [https://www.vetstream.com/canis/search?s=hernia Hernia]
|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=1&options1=AND&q1=hernia&occuring1=title&rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=&occuring2=freetext&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=&occuring3=freetext&publishedstart=2000&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all&x=43&y=15 Hernia publications since 2000]
|full text = [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2010/20103304730.pdf '''Biomaterials in the reconstruction of abdominal wall defects in animals: a review.''' Sharma, A. K.; Naveen Kumar; Gangwar, A. K.; Maiti, S. K.; SAARC Agricultural Information Centre (SAIC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, SAARC Journal of Agriculture, 2003, 1, pp 85-98, many ref.]
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==References==
Fossum, T. W. et. al. (2007) '''Small Animal Surgery (Third Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''
[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=22114 Image of congenital umbilical hernia in a pig from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=1&options1=AND&q1=hernia&occuring1=title&rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=&occuring2=freetext&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=&occuring3=freetext&publishedstart=2000&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all&x=43&y=15 Hernia publications since 2000]
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