title: [Umbilical reconstruction in children. Prospective report of 77 cases].
abstract: Umbilical hernia is as frequent pathology in our country. The skin excess is a real problem for the surgeon because it is inesthetical. We report 77 cases of children with umbilical hernia who we operated between 1999 and 2000. Fifty-five of them have a umbilical plasty. For this, we used three surgical techniques: lateral left plasty, "horseshoe" plasty and umbilical graft. We classed our results into three groups: 40 good results, seven middle results and three bad results. Twenty-seven patients are lost. These three surgical techniques are a simple and safe solution to this problem of skin excess in the umbilical hernia.
authors.affiliation: Unité de chirurgie pédiatrique, clinique chirurgicale, hôpital Aristide-Le-Dantec, BP 3001, Dakar, Sénégal. aasankale@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A-A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sankalé
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndoye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*