Inguinal hernia in paediatric age-group: Ibadan experience.
Ninety-nine children with inguinal hernia undergoing elective surgery over a 2-year period at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, were studied. These were all indirect inguinal hernias. There was a male-female ratio of 5.6:1. Fifty-six per cent of cases were located on the right side, twenty-eight per cent of cases on the left side, and fifteen per cent were bilateral. Ipsilateral hydrocoeles and ipsilateral undescended testes were in 8% and 19% of cases respectively. There was no significant morbidity, mortality or recurrence in this series.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications