[When and how we perform surgery for inguinal hernia in children].
In the course of 15 years in the authors department 4,694 operations of inguinal hernias and hydrocele were performed in children at the age of 0-15 years. Most frequently children aged 2-5 years were involved (45%). There were 4.5 times more boys than girls and the lateral distribution was also consistent with data in the literature. A relapse of hernia occurred in 33 children (i.e. 0.7%) operated in the authors department and in 19 children originally operated elsewhere. The total percentage of relapses in the group is 1.1%. In 25 children factors were identified which predispose for relapses. Relapses were most frequent in children operated before the age of one year (52%). The authors recommend therefore that operations of these children should be entrusted to a paediatric surgeon.
Drahovský
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II. chirurgická klinika FN L. Pasteura, LF UPJS Kosice, Slovenská republika.
Vajó
J
J
Dankovcik
J
J
Balunová
E
E
Bodnárová
A
A
Toncr
I
I
Horbaj
A
A
Stec
V
V
Garcar
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000601:surgery