Hernia Hernia Complications and Emergencies

Question 1

What is the most feared acute complication of a hernia?

Accepted Answer

Strangulation

Answer

Seroma

Answer

Recurrence

Answer

Mesh rejection

Question 2

What percentage of untreated femoral hernias are said to be at high risk of strangulation compared to inguinal hernias?

Accepted Answer

Femoral hernias have a much higher strangulation risk (up to 40%) than inguinal

Answer

Femoral hernias have a lower strangulation risk than inguinal

Answer

Both have equal strangulation risk

Answer

Strangulation occurs only in umbilical hernias

Question 3

What surgical procedure is performed when strangulated bowel is found to be non-viable at hernia repair?

Accepted Answer

Bowel resection with anastomosis

Answer

Simple reduction of the bowel

Answer

Placement of biologic mesh only

Answer

Closure of the defect without bowel handling

Question 4

Incarceration differs from strangulation in that incarceration indicates what?

Accepted Answer

The hernia contents are trapped but blood supply is still intact

Answer

The hernia is reducing spontaneously

Answer

The hernia contains only fat, not bowel

Answer

The hernia has perforated

Question 5

Which post-operative hernia complication presents with fever, wound erythema, and purulent discharge?

Accepted Answer

Wound infection

Answer

Seroma

Answer

Hematoma

Answer

Hernia recurrence

Question 6

What is the most common long-term complication of hernia repair?

Accepted Answer

Hernia recurrence

Answer

Mesh infection

Answer

Bowel obstruction from adhesions

Answer

Testicular atrophy