Clinical Observations of Inguinal hernia in Pediatric Patients
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
; : 738-744, 1997.
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em Ko
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ABSTRACT
This article consists of a clinical analysis of 221 cases of the Pediatric Inguinal Hernia treated in General Surgery of Pusan Adventist Hospital, from January 1990 to June 1996. The results were as follows ; 1) Patients with inguinal hernia were 37.5% of total operative patients in the division of pediatric surgery 2) Males predominated over females by the ratio of 5.5:1 3) Of 221 cases, 101(54%) were on the Rt side, 80(43.1%) on the Lt side and the remainder (6.4%) on both side in case of Male. 20(58.8%) were on the Rt side, 13(38.2%) on the Lt sid and the remainder (3.0%) on both side in case of Female. 4) The chief Complaints were inguinal protrusion in 131 cases(59.3%) and scrotal enlargement in 77 cases(34.9%) 5) Peak incidence age (32 Months) & Duration of history (20.2 Months) 6) Associated diseases were found in 10 cases(4.9%) and they were cryptorchidism (1.47%), hydroclele (0.98%), Umbilical hermia (0.49%), Heart anomaly (0.49%), cleft palate (0.49%), Teratoma (0.49%), and Jejunal atresia (0.49%). Family History was denied. 7) All were indirect hernia. 8) Incarcerated cases were 6(2.7%) and the ratio of male to female was 2:1, and the location of incarcerated hernia was Rt (66.6%), and Lt (33.3%) 9) There were 70 cases of strangulation. 10) Intraperitoneal organ in hernial sac was noted in 5 cases (2.26%), and they were ovary and fallopian tube in 3 cases (1.35%), small intestine in 1 case (0.45%), cecum and appendix in 1 case (0.45%). 11) 215 (97%) of all hernia were repaired only by highligation of sac and 6(3%) were inforced with Bassini's posterior wall repair. 12) Mean postoperative hospitalization were 5.2 days. 13) Postoperative complications occured in only 2 cases : hematoma and edema 1, wound infection 1.
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Assunto principal:
Ovário
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Apêndice
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Morte Súbita do Lactente
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Teratoma
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Infecção dos Ferimentos
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Ceco
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Incidência
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Fissura Palatina
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Criptorquidismo
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Ano de publicação:
1997
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Article