Background purpose: the authors have been using a preperitoneal approach for treatment of indirect inguinal hernia in children for the last 18 months. The aim of this paper is to report on this experience Methods: between December 2000 and may 2002 we used the preperitoneal approach through a transverse lower central abdominal crease incision for repair of 45 boys with indirect ingurnal hernias, 5 of them with clinically detectable bilateral hernia and 7 with incarcerated hernia, we explored the contralateral side in the same time. Results: Herniotomy, reduction of contents and dealing with it were found to be much easier than the inguinal approach. Complications were minimal. Exploration of the contralateral side was an added advantage. Conclusions: preperionteal approach appears to be a safe and easy technique for repair of inguinal hernia in children and for solving the dilemma of contralateral exploration. The authors recommend that it should be used more commonly.
Mahran, K., & Shelbaya, E. (2003). PREPERITONEAL APPROACH FOR REPAIR OF INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA IN CHILDREN. The Egyptian Journal of Surgery, 22(1), 89-91. doi: 10.21608/ejsur.2003.374710
MLA
K.M Mahran; E. Shelbaya. "PREPERITONEAL APPROACH FOR REPAIR OF INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA IN CHILDREN", The Egyptian Journal of Surgery, 22, 1, 2003, 89-91. doi: 10.21608/ejsur.2003.374710
HARVARD
Mahran, K., Shelbaya, E. (2003). 'PREPERITONEAL APPROACH FOR REPAIR OF INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA IN CHILDREN', The Egyptian Journal of Surgery, 22(1), pp. 89-91. doi: 10.21608/ejsur.2003.374710
VANCOUVER
Mahran, K., Shelbaya, E. PREPERITONEAL APPROACH FOR REPAIR OF INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA IN CHILDREN. The Egyptian Journal of Surgery, 2003; 22(1): 89-91. doi: 10.21608/ejsur.2003.374710
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