Incarceration

As incarceration (of lat. Carcer "enclosure", "prison") is in the medicine called pinching of tissue. Trapped tissue can be impaired in its function, e.g. B. if after a hernia of the intestine is disconnected part. As a result, feces or gas can be trapped in the corresponding intestinal section and the passage of the food pulp can be impaired or prevented. Furthermore, the blood supply and thus the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the tissue can be disturbed by the entrapment, which can lead to the death of the affected regions.

Due to these risks, an incarceration is a dangerous complication that requires surgical treatment, depending on the type of tissue that is trapped.

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• Pschyrembel Clinical Dictionary . Founded by Willibald Pschyrembel. Edited by the publisher's dictionary editor. 255th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3110185348

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