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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Strangulated umbilical hernias in children
Pediatric Surgery International, Volume 22, No. 3, Year 2006
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Description
Umbilical hernia is a frequent pathology of the anterior abdominal wall in children. The hernia ring closes usually before 4 years, but a strangulation can occur. It is an exceptional complication according to the literature data. Since this complication is rare, we undertook a retrospective study of these strangulations in a 5-year period from January 1997 to December 2001 at Aristide Le Dantec hospital. We collected 41 cases that underwent emergency surgery operations for strangulated umbilical hernias, which represent about 15% of umbilical hernias operated during the same period. The age range was 8 months to 10 years and the average age was 14 months. All the children were examined within 24 h after the onset of the disease and the surgery was immediately performed. In five cases the bowel was necrosed and perforated and we performed a resection followed immediately by an anastomosis. In the follow up, two children presented wound infections and a hernia recurred in one child. There was no mortality. This study conducts us to question western reports which recommend conservative therapy for umbilical hernia in children. © Springer-Verlag 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fall, Ibrahima Socé
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Sanou, Amadou F.
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Ngom, Gabriel
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Dieng, Madieng M.
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Sankalé, Anne Aurore
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Ndoye, Mamadou D.
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 44
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00383-006-1634-7
ISSN:
01790358
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cohort Study