Laparoscopic evaluation of the pediatric inguinal hernia—A meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of pediatric surgery Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 874 - 879
• Main Authors: Miltenburg, D.M, Nuchtern, J.G, Jaksic, T, Kozinetiz, C, Brandt, M.L
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.06.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Hernia, Inguinal - diagnosis; Hernia, Inguinal - surgery; Humans; Laparoscopy; Ligation; Medical sciences; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; laparoscopy; diagnosis; Inguinal hernia; Human; Hernia; Coelioscopy; Malformation; Treatment efficiency; Laparoscopic surgery; Inguinal; Child; Metaanalysis; Result

Background/Purpose: For over 50 years there has been debate over how to manage the contralateral groin in children who present with a unilateral inguinal hernia. Many preoperative and intraoperative tools to diagnose a contralateral patent processus vaginalis or true inguinal hernia have been descri...