title: Peritoneography, a safe method to assess the bilaterality of inguinal hernias in children with an obvious unilateral hernia or cryptorchidism (100 cases).
abstract: A safe method to assess the bilaterality of inguinal hernias by herniography in 100 children up to 13 years was successfully adopted for the young patients with already a clinical unilateral hernia or undescended testis. In 40% of the cases was an occult contralateral open processus vaginalis peritonei radiologically discovered and surgically removed during the anesthesia for primary inguinal pathology. This is a safe preventive and curative technique to treat inguinal hernias in infants and children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D003974:Diatrizoate Meglumine