RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pediatric ovarian sliding inguinal hernia, is surgical repair urgent?
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1043
OP 1045
DO 10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220492
VO 43
IS 9
A1 Al Jadaan, Saud A.
A1 Gieballa, Mutaz M.
A1 Alaqeel, Suliaman M.
A1 Aldaffaa, Mohammad A.
YR 2022
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/43/9/1043.abstract
AB 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.