title: Inguinal herniotomy in young infants.
abstract: Ninety-two consecutive infants aged up to 12 months underwent primary inguinal herniotomy over a 5-year period. All were treated in a district hospital paediatric surgical unit according to recommendations of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. After a mean follow-up of 45.8 months, one patient had a failed repair and four (4 per cent) a hernia recurrence. One infant developed a wound infection. Infantile hernia can be managed safely and efficiently in a district hospital.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgical Unit, East Birmingham Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barsoum
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Klidjian
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012017:Referral and Consultation