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
A hernia is a protrusion of a viscus or part of a viscus through an abnormal opening in the walls of its containing cavity. The external abdominal hernia is the commonest form, the most frequent varieties being the inguinal, femoral and umbilical, respectively, 75, 8.5 and 15 per cent (Fig. 62.1). The rarer forms comprise 1.5 per cent, excluding incisional hernias.