A patient with a hernia complains of severe pain and a persistent lump in the groin. The contents of the hernia are ischemic. What is the best description for the hernia?
- reducible
- irreducible
- incarcerated
- strangulated
- indirect
Answer D: strangulated
Strangulated means "ischemic", or no flow
- Incarcerated means "not reducible"
Know Your Content Blueprint
Hernias are covered as part of the PANCE GI and Nutrition Blueprint
Review Topic: Hernias (ReelDx)