title: Large bowel obstruction caused by incarcerated inguinal hernia: report of three cases.
abstract: We report two patients with left colonic obstruction and one patient with cecal obstruction caused by incarceration in inguinal hernias. None of the patients had colonic malignancies within the hernial sacs. Reduction of the hernias was followed by resolution of the bowel obstruction and successful hernial repair in all patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Vignati
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence