| In most cases the word hernia refers to a loop of intestine pushing through a weak area in the wall of the abdomen. |
| The hernia is pushed back through the gap into its proper place inside the abdomen and the gap is then closed with stitches. |
| This in turn leads to gastric atony, floating kidney, hernia, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse and other forms of prolapse. |
| A fund here, a fund there, and pretty soon your letter carrier has a hernia from lugging all your fund statements. |
| If the hernia goes back into the abdomen easily and the patient is an elderly unfit man, a truss can be worn. |
| An enterocele differs from a rectocele in that it is a true hernia, lined by peritoneum and usually containing small bowel. |
