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==Planning==
===How soon===
In Swedish practice, within 2 months unless there's significant pain.<ref group=notes>{{NU Hospital Group}}</ref>
==Evaluation==
[[File:Ultrasonography of inguinal hernia (annotated).jpg|thumb|300px|Ultrasound of an indirect hernia containing fat, with testicle seen at right.]]
Without and with Valsalva maneuver.<ref name="JamadarJacobson2006">{{cite journal|last1=Jamadar|first1=David A.|last2=Jacobson|first2=Jon A.|last3=Morag|first3=Yoav|last4=Girish|first4=Gandikota|last5=Ebrahim|first5=Farhad|last6=Gest|first6=Thomas|last7=Franz|first7=Michael|title=Sonography of Inguinal Region Hernias|journal=American Journal of Roentgenology|volume=187|issue=1|year=2006|pages=185–190|issn=0361-803X|doi=10.2214/AJR.05.1813}}</ref> Preferably also in standing.<ref name="JamadarJacobson2006"/>
===Further workup===
If an inguinal hernia is detected:
*'''Size''' with and without provocation (Valsalva maneuver and/or standing)
*'''Content''', merely fat, or also intestines
*Ability to '''reduce''' by pressure
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|author1=[[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]]
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==Planning==
===How soon===
In Swedish practice, within 2 months unless there's significant pain.<ref group=notes>{{NU Hospital Group}}</ref>
==Evaluation==
[[File:Ultrasonography of inguinal hernia (annotated).jpg|thumb|300px|Ultrasound of an indirect hernia containing fat, with testicle seen at right.]]
Without and with Valsalva maneuver.<ref name="JamadarJacobson2006">{{cite journal|last1=Jamadar|first1=David A.|last2=Jacobson|first2=Jon A.|last3=Morag|first3=Yoav|last4=Girish|first4=Gandikota|last5=Ebrahim|first5=Farhad|last6=Gest|first6=Thomas|last7=Franz|first7=Michael|title=Sonography of Inguinal Region Hernias|journal=American Journal of Roentgenology|volume=187|issue=1|year=2006|pages=185–190|issn=0361-803X|doi=10.2214/AJR.05.1813}}</ref> Preferably also in standing.<ref name="JamadarJacobson2006"/>
===Further workup===
If an inguinal hernia is detected:
*'''Size''' with and without provocation (Valsalva maneuver and/or standing)
*'''Content''', merely fat, or also intestines
*Ability to '''reduce''' by pressure
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