We present a retrospective study of 40 consecutive patients admitted with umbilical herniae to Mpilo Central Hospital between January 1990 and December 1993. The majority of the patients 95 pc (38/40) were children and only 5 pc (2/40) were adults. The study included 18 males and 22 females giving a M:F ratio of 1:1,2. In children the age range was from 1 month to 13 years with 63 pc (24/38) oc...

background: umbilical cord tissue is a very rich source of mesenchymal stem cells. instead of discarding this source we are banking the tissue along with cord blood for possible future cell based applications. the cord tissue needs to be transported and stored properly in order for it to be good enough for cell isolation at a later date. in this paper we have carried out a validation study to d...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the "intra-umbilical incision", a smaller incision compared to classic incisions, in cases of umbilical hernia, and which we believe will contribute to patient satisfaction in aesthetic terms, and also the practicability of such operations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The umbilical margins of eight patients with an umbilical hernia were marked between the levels of 6 and 12...

introduction and objectives: annually one million newborns die due to the umbilical cord infection. thus, in this study, we aimed toevaluate the effect of topical aloe vera gel on umbilical cord complications. methods: this randomized clinical trial was performed in maternity ward of ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran the samples were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly divided i...

In rare anomalies personal experience of a few patients can lead to biased or incorrect impressions unless analysis of a larger series is applied as a corrective. The result should be a better appreciation of the difficulties to be met and overcome in the future. A congenital hernia into the base of the umbilical cord is known as an exomphalos in British usage and an omphalocele in American usa...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of surgical site infection for open elective umbilical hernia repairs and to identify the factors related to an increased risk of infection and/or recurrence. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 152 open elective umbilical hernia repairs between 2003 and 2007 was performed. RESULTS Overall, 19% of repairs became infected. Both h...

background: in this study, we examined a new two step induction protocol for improving the differentiation of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells into neural progenitor cells. materials and methods: human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells were first cultured in dulbecco’s modified eagle medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum in a humidified incub...

A patient with an umbilical hernia presenting with collateral veins in the abdominal wall and umbilicus is a case that every hernia surgeon has to deal with occasionally. Several underlying diseases have been described to provoke collateral veins in the abdominal wall. However, the treatment strategy should be uniform. We herein report a case of a successful laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair...

INTRODUCTION Umbilical endometriosis occurring in the presence of an underlying hernia is extremely rare and presents a diagnostic challenge for the general surgeon. We present an interesting case and perform a comprehensive review of the literature. METHODS Medline and PubMed were queried for all cases of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis associated with an umbilical hernia. Data was analy...