I H Gökçora1. 1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Ankara, School of Medicine, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Work on an innovative transscrotal incision to the palpable undescended testes has recently been applied in the management of inguinal hernias and hydroceles. This route is considered less traumatic and a more cosmetically acceptable technique. STUDY DESIGN: Near-perfect cosmesis was achieved using a new incisional approach for inguinolabial abnormalities in female infants and children in a series comprised of 25 girls with indirect inguinal hernias operated on consecutively as day cases through an incision placed at the lower portion of the inguinal groove. RESULTS: The low inguinal groove incision has enabled almost scar-free healing at the incision site. The results have been excellent. There has been no serious morbidity and no mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Although initially cumbersome to master, this new technique is hoped to become an ad hoc method once the pediatric surgeon has passed through the learning curve.
BACKGROUND: Work on an innovative transscrotal incision to the palpable undescended testes has recently been applied in the management of inguinal hernias and hydroceles. This route is considered less traumatic and a more cosmetically acceptable technique. STUDY DESIGN: Near-perfect cosmesis was achieved using a new incisional approach for inguinolabial abnormalities in female infants and children in a series comprised of 25 girls with indirect inguinal hernias operated on consecutively as day cases through an incision placed at the lower portion of the inguinal groove. RESULTS: The low inguinal groove incision has enabled almost scar-free healing at the incision site. The results have been excellent. There has been no serious morbidity and no mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Although initially cumbersome to master, this new technique is hoped to become an ad hoc method once the pediatric surgeon has passed through the learning curve.