Reliability of Preoperative Inguinal Sonography for Evaluating Patency of Processus Vaginalis in Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Patients

Preoperative sonography of nonreducible inguinal masses in girls.

PURPOSE Inguinal hernia is one of the most common surgical pathologies in childhood. Any of the abdominal organs can slide into the hernial sac and become incarcerated there. In girls, the fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, and-rarely-ovarian cysts can form the sliding component of an inguinal hernia. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of preoperative sonographic exami...

Inguinal Bladder Hernia in Female Patient

Pediatric inguinal hernia: controversies and decision making.

The pediatric inguinal hernia is the commonest defect the surgeon performs surgery on and is usually indirect. It is believed that these hernias rarely go away, and therefore, virtually all should be repaired. Much has been written about this condition, but the controversy on different aspects of it still exists. This article aims to address the controversies and decision making in pediatric in...

Pediatric Inguinal Hernia: Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Herniotomy/open surgery (OS) has been the time honored treatment for pediatric inguinal hernia (PIH). Laparoscopic surgery (LS) has recently emerged as an alternative in its management. However, controversy is rife on its feasibility and wider adoption. The present need is to know whether a significant difference exists in the surgical outcomes following either techniq...

Inguinal Hernia in Infancy

Two opposing views are held regarding the nature of congenital inguinal hernia, one championed by Hamilton Russel and the other by Sir Arthur Keith. Russell believes that the presence of a developmental pocket of peritoneum is all that is required to produce a hernia. But in mammals, other than man, the cavity of the processus vaginalis remains patent throughout life, and in them congenital ing...