@article {Al Jadaan1043, author = {Saud A. Al Jadaan and Mutaz M. Gieballa and Suliaman M. Alaqeel and Mohammad A. Aldaffaa}, title = {Pediatric ovarian sliding inguinal hernia, is surgical repair urgent?}, volume = {43}, number = {9}, pages = {1043--1045}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220492}, publisher = {Saudi Medical Journal}, abstract = {Objectives: To find if repairing sliding inguinal hernias containing the ovary should be carried out urgently or not.Methods: A retrospective chart review carried out at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2015-2022. All cases with an ovarian inguinal hernia in females aged 0-14 years were reviewed after obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board.Results: Female children with inguinal hernia patients were 191. A total of 28 cases were sliding inguinal hernias involving the ovary. All were repaired electively except for 4 cases that had an initial presentation of an incarcerated ovary at age less than 90 days which required urgent reduction and repair.Conclusion: Based on our review, ovarian sliding hernias in female patients can be repaired electively, although newborns are at a higher risk of complications from sliding inguinal hernias.}, issn = {0379-5284}, URL = {https://smj.org.sa/content/43/9/1043}, eprint = {https://smj.org.sa/content/43/9/1043.full.pdf}, journal = {Saudi Medical Journal} }