Women with five or more C-sections had six times the risk. A strangulated hernia is when the blood supply is cut off from or to the tissue that's trapped. This can be life-threatening. Your doctor ...

It was later discovered that the 71-year-old had suffered a strangulated hiatus hernia – a medical emergency where a portion of the stomach is trapped in the chest and the blood supply is cut off.

Some hernias may become strangulated, so the tissue gets stuck outside the abdominal wall. When this happens, the blood supply may be cut off, and the tissue may die. Inguinal hernias happen when ...

It was later discovered that the 71-year-old had suffered a strangulated hiatus hernia – a medical emergency where a portion of the stomach is trapped in the chest and the blood supply is cut off.

Older age, longer duration of hernia, and longer duration of irreducibility are thought to be risk factors for acute complications such as Strangulation and Intestinal obstruction. About 5% of ...

A coroner has warned about a "lack of understanding" among medics of strangulated hiatus hernia after the condition went undiagnosed in a man who later died. Tom Glover, who was in his early 70s ...