RT Book, Section
A1 Hunter, John G.
A1 Spight, Donn H.
A1 Sandone, Corinne
A1 Fairman, Jennifer E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1162532075
T1 Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
T2 Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449052
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162532075
RD 2024/04/23
AB Inguinal  hernia  repair  is  the  most  frequent  elective  pediatric  surgical  operation  performed  by  pediatric  surgeons.  The  exact  incidence  of  inguinal  hernia  in  children  is  not  known,  but  it  is  somewhere  between  1%  and  5%  and  is  two  to  three  times  more  common  in  premature  infants.  It  is  much  more  common  in  boys  than  girls.  The  diagnosis  is  almost  always  made  by  physical  exam,  with  the  palpation  of  a  reducible  mass  in  the  inguinal  region.  In  a  child  the  presence  of  an  inguinal  hernia  is  ample  indication  for  surgical  repair.  If  the  mass  is  not  reducible,  an  urgent  operation  is  warranted  and  the  reduction  of  the  bowel  is  performed  as  well  as  inguinal  hernia  repair.