Clinical regression of inguinal hernias in premature infants without surgical repair
| Autor: | Eugene D. McGahren, Daniel E. Levin, Emmanuel L. Abebrese, Jeffrey W. Gander, Mark A. Fleming, Sara K. Rasmussen, David F. Grabski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Surgical repair
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| Zdroj: | Pediatric Surgery International. 37:1295-1301 |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 0179-0358 |
| Popis: | The incidence of inguinal hernias in premature infants is approximately 30%. Due to concerns about a high risk of incarceration, early repair is commonly performed. We present a series of patients whose families opted to delay repair until after 55 weeks corrected gestational age (GA) and experienced safe clinical regression of their hernias. Between June 2015 and July 2020, premature infants ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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