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Strangulated and incarcerated hernia—causes of bowel obstruction—are potentially dangerous. Patients presenting with a hernia should be carefully examined for evidence of intestinal obstruction and vice versa.
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Sreenivas, V.I. (1980). Strangulated Hernia. In: Acute Disorders of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1730-3_15
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