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Hernia

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(a) In a sliding hernia, the intestine moves in and out of the hernia sac. (b) In a strangulated hernia, the intestine is trapped in the hernia sac and becomes necrotic. (c) This baby was born with an omphalocele, a hernia at the umbilicus. The hernia sac is only a layer of peritoneum, and the intestine inside is ¬visible. This baby will have immediate surgery to repair the ¬hernia.
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