Abdominal wall / groin hernia ultrasound report template
A structured abdominal wall / groin hernia ultrasound report template used for abdominal wall / groin examination. It covers 3 sections and 12 fields.
Demonstration content. Review and approve this template with your clinical lead before clinical use. Reference values shown in SonoTez are notes only and are never applied automatically.
Technique
High-frequency ultrasound of the abdominal wall and groins at rest and with Valsalva, standing where required.
What to include: sections and measurements
Hernia
- Region(s) examined
- Hernia: none demonstrated · present
- Valsalva performed: yes · no
Hernia repeatable
- Side: right · left · midline
- Type: indirect inguinal · direct inguinal · femoral · umbilical · paraumbilical · epigastric …
- Neck (defect) width (mm)
- Sac size (mm)
- Contents: fat / omentum · bowel · fluid · bladder
- Reducibility: reducible · partially reducible · irreducible
- On Valsalva: appears only on valsalva · enlarges · unchanged
- Concerning features: probe tenderness · bowel wall thickening · fluid in the sac · absent peristalsis · reduced / absent doppler flow · dilated proximal bowel
Other findings
- Other findings
Writing the impression
Answer the clinical question first, list the remaining findings in order of importance, and keep anything new out of the impression. If a structure was not fully seen, say so and give the reason. See how to write an ultrasound report for wording and certainty terms.