I H Gökçora1, A Yagmurlu. 1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey. gokcora@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The traditional approach to pediatric inguinal pathologies has been the suprapubic transverse inguinal incision. Alternative incisions for better cosmetic results may be considered. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The recently defined "low inguinal groove incision" was used in a consecutive series of 483 children having indirect groin hernias, hydroceles, and palpable undescended testes, etc. The neonates, infants, and children were operated on as elective day surgery cases. RESULTS: All children ended with excellent cosmetic and functional results. There were no complications or morbidity apart from a recurrence of an inguinal hernia in a 7 year-old boy. In addition to the series of girls reported earlier, this novel surgical incision has further been employed in boys with excellent results.
BACKGROUND: The traditional approach to pediatric inguinal pathologies has been the suprapubic transverse inguinal incision. Alternative incisions for better cosmetic results may be considered. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The recently defined "low inguinal groove incision" was used in a consecutive series of 483 children having indirect groin hernias, hydroceles, and palpable undescended testes, etc. The neonates, infants, and children were operated on as elective day surgery cases. RESULTS: All children ended with excellent cosmetic and functional results. There were no complications or morbidity apart from a recurrence of an inguinal hernia in a 7 year-old boy. In addition to the series of girls reported earlier, this novel surgical incision has further been employed in boys with excellent results.