Named Hernia

Cooper's hernia: A femoral hernia with two sacs, the first being in the femoral canal, and the second passing through a defect in the superficial fascia and appearing immediately beneath the skin.

epigastric hernia: hernia through the linea alba above the umbilicus.

Littre's hernia: hernia involving a Meckel's diverticulum. It is named after French anatomist Alexis Littre (1658-1726).

lumbar hernia: hernia in the lumbar region (not to be confused with a lumbar disc hernia), contains following entities:

Petit's hernia - hernia through Petit's triangle (inferior lumbar triangle). It is named after French surgeon Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750).

Grynfeltt's hernia - hernia through Grynfeltt-Lesshaft triangle (superior lumbar triangle). It is named after physician Joseph Grynfeltt (1840-1913).

obturator hernia: hernia through obturator canal

pantaloon hernia: a combined direct and indirect hernia, when the hernial sac protrudes on either side of the inferior epigastric vessels

perineal hernia: A perineal hernia protrudes through the muscles and fascia of the perineal floor. It may be primary but usually, is acquired following perineal prostatectomy, abdominoperineal resection of the rectum, or pelvic exenteration.

properitoneal hernia: rare hernia located directly above the peritoneum, for example, when part of an inguinal hernia projects from the deep inguinal ring to the preperitoneal space.

Richter's hernia: strangulated hernia involving only one sidewall of the bowel, which can result in bowel perforation through ischaemia without causing bowel obstruction or any of its warning signs. It is named after German surgeon August Gottlieb Richter (1742-1812).

sliding hernia: occurs when an organ drags along part of the peritoneum, or, in other words, the organ is part of the hernia sac. The colon and the urinary bladder are often involved. The term also frequently refers to sliding hernias of the stomach.

sciatic hernia: this hernia in the greater sciatic foramen most commonly presents as an uncomfortable mass in the gluteal area. Bowel obstruction may also occur. This type of hernia is only a rare cause of sciatic neuralgia.

Spigelian hernia, also known as spontaneous lateral ventral hernia

Velpeau hernia: a hernia in the groin in front of the femoral blood vessels

Gibbon's hernia- hernia with hydrocoele

Berger's hernia - hernia in Pouch of Douglas

Grynfelt/s hernia- Upper lumbar triangle hernia

Petit's hernia - Lower lumbar triangle hernia

Cloquet's hernia- hernia through pecteineal fascia

Narath's hernia - behind femoral artery

Hesselbach's hernia - lateral to femoral artery

Serofini's hernia - behind femoral vessels

Laugier's hernia - through lacunar ligament

Tealse's hernia - in front of femoral vessels

Richter's hernia - part of circumference of bowel wall is gangrenous

Littre's hernia - hernia with Meckels's Diverticulum

Sliding hernia - Posterior wall of sac is formed by colon or bladder

Maydl's hernia - 'w' hernia

Phantom hernia - Localised muscle buldge following muscular paralysis

Spigelian hernia - through spegelian fascia

Obturator hernia - through obturator foramen

Femoral hernia - hernia medial to femoral vein

Beclard's hernia - femoral hernia through saphenour opening


Amyand's hernia


An inguinal hernia with an appendix involved.


Béclard's hernia


Femoral hernia through the opening of the saphenous vein.


Bergmann's diaphragmatic hernia syndrome (Bergmann's syndrome)


Obsolete synonym for a cardio-oesophageal complex of symptoms in hiatus hernias in the diaphragm.


Bergmann's syndrome


Obsolete synonym for a cardio-oesophageal complex of symptoms in hiatus hernias in the diaphragm.


Bloodgood's operation


Operation for inguinal hernia.


Cloquet's hernia


Hernia of the femoral canal


Cooper's hernia


Retroperitoneal hernia.


Gruber's hernia


Internal mesogastric hernia.


Hernia de la ligne semilunaire de Spiegel (French) (Spiegel's hernia)


An uncommon abdominal wall hernia through the semilunar line, above the epigastric artery.


Hey's hernia (Cooper's hernia)


Retroperitoneal hernia.


Howship's syndrome


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;


Howship-Romberg symptom (Howship's syndrome)


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;


Howship-von Romberg pain (Howship's syndrome)


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;


Howship-von Romberg sign (Howship's syndrome)


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;


Howship-von Romberg syndrome (Howship's syndrome)


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;


Kocher's method II


Invagination method for radical operation for hernia inguinalis.


Larrey's hernia (Morgagni's hernia)


A congenital parasternal or retrosternal diaphragmatic hernia.


Littre's hernia


Hernial protrusion of an intestinal diverticulum.


Littre's syndrome (Littre's hernia)


Hernial protrusion of an intestinal diverticulum.


Morgagni's hernia


A congenital parasternal or retrosternal diaphragmatic hernia.


Morgagni-Larrey hernia (Morgagni's hernia)


A congenital parasternal or retrosternal diaphragmatic hernia.


Richter's hernia


Strangulated hernia (enterocele) in which only a part of the calibre of the gut is involved.


Richter-Littre hernia (Littre's hernia)


Hernial protrusion of an intestinal diverticulum.


Richter-Littre hernia (Richter's hernia)


Strangulated hernia (enterocele) in which only a part of the calibre of the gut is involved.


Spiegel's hernia


An uncommon abdominal wall hernia through the semilunar line, above the epigastric artery.


Spiegelian hernia (Spiegel's hernia)


An uncommon abdominal wall hernia through the semilunar line, above the epigastric artery.


von Bergmann's syndrome (Bergmann's syndrome)


Obsolete synonym for a cardio-oesophageal complex of symptoms in hiatus hernias in the diaphragm.


von Romberg-Howship syndrome (Howship's syndrome)


Pain or paraesthesia in the obturator hernia on the inner aspect of the thigh down to and often most severe at the knee due to compression of n. obturatorius;