A sliding hernia (usually indirect inguinal in location) is a hernia in which a part of the wall of the hernia sac is formed by an intra-abdominal viscus (usually colon, sometimes bladder).
In a Richter hernia, part (rather than the entire circumference) of the bowel wall is trapped.
A Littré hernia is one that contains a Meckel diverticulum.
An Amyand hernia is one that contains the appendix.
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