Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair Technique

Step by step demonstration on how to perform the laparoscopic needles assisted repair lnar of inguinal hernias in infants and young children.

Pediatric inguinal hernia repair technique. To evaluate the feasibility of one stitch herniotomy in the management of inguinal hernia in infants. The care and operation for inguinal hernias in children differs from that in adults. Ing gwuh nl hernia repair is one of the most common operations that pediatric surgeons perform it is typically an outpatient procedure performed under general anesthesia in children. Open repair of the pediatric inguinal hernia the patient should be placed on the operating table in a supine position with his or her legs slightly abducted.

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed operations in the pediatric population. Intracorporeal or extracorporeal three or single port procedure sac inversion and ligation in female children resection and no ligation technique flip flap technique and finally use of tissue adhesives a current concept. Parelkar s v oak s gupta r et al. Because of the very small skin incisions it is associated with minimal pain and has great cosmetic appeal.

J pediatr surg 45 789 792. The various laparoscopic surgical techniques for inguinal hernia repair in children cited in the review include. This fairly new technique for laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias in infants and children is now well accepted among many pediatric surgeons. Between january 2011 and june 2014 100 children in the age group 0 14 months with unilateral inguinal hernia were prospectively enrolled for hernia repair and herniotomy was performed by one stitch technique.

Ponsky ta nalugo m ostlie dj 2014 pediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. While the majority of pediatric surgeons routinely use laparoscopy in their practices a relatively small number prefer a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair over the traditional open repair. A review of the current evidence.