Laparoscopic Approach as an Alternative Option in Treatment of Pediatric Inguinal Hernia

Inguinal hernia is the most common and prominent surgical entity among all congenital anomalies, constituting more than 15% of total pediatric surgical cases. Inguinal hernia is directly linked to the descent of the developing gonads in children. A patent processus vaginalis, which precedes an inguinal hernia, is a diverticulum of the peritoneum, formed during gonadal descent around the 12th week of gestation. This blind-ending, celomic epithelium layered sac is generally obliterated after the testicular migration is completed. A failure during the obliteration process may develop an inguinal hernia or communicating hydrocele(1-3).