Presentation and Management Outcome of Umbilical Hernia in Children at the University Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville

Autor: Irène Patricia Lucienne Ondima, E Koutaba, C D Nzaka Moukala, Jean Claude Mieret, M Makanga
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: East and Central African Journal of Surgery; Vol 21, No 3 (2016); 140-142
ISSN: 2073-9990
Popis: Background: This study was aimed at determine the epidemiology, clinical and treatment outcome of childhood umbilical hernia at the University Hospital of Brazzaville. Methods: It was a retrospective study undertaken conducted over a 15 months period from 1st January 2014 to 31st March 2015 in the pediatric surgery department of the University Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville. The study population included both male and female children under the age of 15 who underwent surgery for umbilical hernia. The study variables included the demographic and clinical features and management outcome of patients with umbilical hernias. Xi2 test was used to compare categorical variables. The significance threshold was set for a value of p
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