Inguinal hernia in paediatric age-group: Ibadan experience.

Ninety-nine children with inguinal hernia undergoing elective surgery over a 2-year period at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, were studied. These were all indirect inguinal hernias. There was a male-female ratio of 5.6:1. Fifty-six per cent of cases were located on the right side, twenty-eight per cent of cases on the left side, and fifteen per cent were bilateral. Ipsilateral hydrocoeles and ipsilateral undescended testes were in 8% and 19% of cases respectively. There was no significant morbidity, mortality or recurrence in this series.