Pathologic Function
incisional hernia
Subclass of:
Postoperative Complications; Hernia
Definitions related to incisional hernia:
  • An abdominal hernia that occurs at a site of weakness in the abdominal wall resulting from an incompletely-healed surgical wound.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Protrusion of tissue at or near the site of an incision from a previous surgery.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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