Purpose The primary objective was to describe 30-day outcomes after primary inguinal
paediatric hernia repair. Methods Prospectively collected data from the National Patient …

Purpose The optimal approach for pediatric inguinal hernia repair continues to be debated.
We conducted a regional retrospective study to assess rates of recurrence and …

Purpose We aimed to describe the incidence, timing, and predictors of recurrence following
inguinal hernia repair (IHR) in children. Methods We used the TRICARE claims database, a …

Routine inguinal hernia repair in the pediatric population has a low complication rate. Very
few complications are identified at follow-up, which brings into question the necessity of the …

Results In this study, 269 children were included. Of all the patients, 237 (88.1%) were boys
and 32 (11.9%) were girls (P< 0.001). The median age at the first reference to the surgeon …

Background Reported recurrence rates after laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia
repair have been limited to high volume centers with short follow-up. We sought to compare …

Aim To determine if follow-up by consultant pediatric surgeons (CPS) affects morbidity due
to incarceration (INC) in children with indirect inguinal hernia (IH). Methods We educate …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine practice variability and compare
outcomes between early and delayed neonatal inguinal hernia repair (IHR). Methods …

Purpose We implemented the individualized treatment (IT) regimen for children with inguinal
hernia and the Lichtenstein hernioplasty using an acellular tissue matrix patch (LHAP) for …

Background Pediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is not widely accepted. Study
design Children 0–14 years who underwent inguinal hernia repair during 2010–2016 at …