Pediatric ovarian sliding inguinal hernia, is surgical repair urgent?

Saud A. Al Jadaan; Mutaz M. Gieballa; Suliaman M. Alaqeel; Mohammad A. Aldaffaa

doi:10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220492

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Pediatric ovarian sliding inguinal hernia, is surgical repair urgent?

Saud A. Al Jadaan, Mutaz M. Gieballa, Suliaman M. Alaqeel and Mohammad A. Aldaffaa

Saudi Medical Journal September 2022, 43 (9) 1043-1045; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220492

Saud A. Al Jadaan

From the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Al Jadaan, Gieballa, Alaqeel, Aldaffaa), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Jadaan, Gieballa), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Al Jadaan, Gieballa, Alaqeel), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Mutaz M. Gieballa

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Table 1
- Sliding inguinal hernia characteristics.
Variables n (%)
Site
Right 18 (64.0)
Left 7 (25.0)
Bilateral 3 (11.0)^†
Organ involved*
Fallopian tube 9 (31.0)
Uterus 1 (4.0)
Appendix 1 (4.0)
Omentum 1 (4.0)
Age at repair
<90 days 16 (56)
>90 days 12 (43)
Values are presented as a number and percentage (%). *Along with ovary, ^†sliding component is only one side

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