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Partial preoperative reduction of inguinal hernia through compression with an ultrasound transducer
Author(s) -
Koseoglu Kutsi,
Ozsunar Yelda,
Taskin Fusun,
Unsal Alparslan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.10186
Subject(s) - medicine , inguinal hernia , asymptomatic , hernia , reduction (mathematics) , ultrasound , radiology , compression (physics) , surgery , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material
Sonography and CT are effective tools in early diagnosis of asymptomatic inguinal hernia. Sonography can be used not only for the diagnosis of hernia but also for its treatment. Real‐time sonographically guided hernia reduction may avoid tissue damage that can arise from misguided compression. We report a unique case in which an incarcerated omental hernia in a 50‐year‐old woman was diagnosed and subsequently reduced via compression with an ultrasound transducer. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 31:379–382, 2003