Talk:Inguinal hernia
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Yeah, I know these comments on talk pages hardly ever get read :-)
Should I move indirect inguinal hernia to just a section of inguinal hernia? Then it could discuss the difference. T 11:32, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Uh, lemme see. Either one of us could do an "inguinal hernia" page, covering both, or they could both be put within the extant "hernia" page, as inguinal hernias are the ones most people would want to look up. Sfahey 03:30, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I like the idea of just going back one step to inguinal. Is there a nice generic term for intestinal hernia? Because femoral (and all the other) "gut-bulging" hernias are similar enough to be discussed as one.
For now, i'll just move indirect/direct to inguinal. Maybe have a link to femoral hernia from there. Tristanb 01:10, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Curiously, I just returned from sideline medical coverage at a soccer game. No players got hurt, but as I was leaving the trainer asked me to check out a pain that struck him during the game, and returned whenever he coughed. Bingo. Inguinal hernia. Only time I ever examined someone in a mens room stall. The vast majority of hernias, specifically the ones enumerated in the wikipedia "hernia" page, are of the abdominal wall. i think "inguinal hernias", which in turn make up >75% of these, should be included in, and dominate, the "hernia" page, with gentle mention of hernias elsewhere, as in the brain or when a muscle busts through its sheath. i'm off line for a couple days, but will check back. Sfahey 03:02, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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- And please, tell me whether the convention is to add to the bottom or to the top of the message list. It's confusing when some bozos don't date their comments. Sfahey 03:15, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
For discussions etc. add your messages to the bottom. It's a lot easier to read forward than backwards. :-)
The hernia article already has a mention of inguinal hernia right at the beginning. I might try to tidy it up a little bit if i remember; a lot of the terms are just definitions, and it would be difficult writing a whole article about them.
I've got a female friend with a small hernia, i don't know where exactly it comes from, but i'll get a photo next time i see her. (Provided the picture is decent enough.) Tristanb 06:57, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Delaying surgery
We need to mention the recent study (was it JAMA?) that deferring surgery is not harmful in uncomplicated hernias. JFW | T@lk 22:28, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Overlapping content
Within this article is a section called "groin hernias" that is obviously redundant to the main topic of the article. Anyone up for fixing/combining back into one discussion? I just fixed a ton of typos. Sfahey 21:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
