title: Reply to letter to the editor.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Grangettes, Ch. Des Grangettes 7, 1224 Chêne-Bougeries, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: noemi.centeno@grangettes.ch.
authors.forename: Noemi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Centeno Wolf
authors.affiliation: University Center of Pediatric Surgery of Western Switzerland, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wildhaber
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000196:embryology*