Diagnosis and treatment of hernia in children

Pediatric hernia is one of the most common diseases in pediatric surgery and hernia surgery, including congenital inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia. This article will introduce the diagnosis and treatment of hernia in children to help parents better understand the disease.

Diagnosis of hernia

The child didn't cry, can you diagnose small intestinal hernia? It depends on whether the baby's hernia protrudes into the hernia sac. If it is not prominent, it cannot be diagnosed.

The cause of hernia

The main cause of hernia in children is congenital factors, inguinal hernia is mainly caused by unclosed sheath process, umbilical hernia is caused by untimely contraction and closure of umbilical ring, premature and low birth weight infants are not fully developed at birth.

Timing of hernia treatment

Inguinal hernia cannot heal itself in children over one year old. If the child with umbilical hernia is over four years old or the diameter of umbilical ring is more than 2 ~ 3 cm, surgery should be considered.

Surgical method of inguinal hernia

The main surgical method of inguinal hernia in children is high ligation of hernia sac, among which laparoscopic surgery has more obvious advantages.

Surgical method of umbilical hernia

Umbilical hernia needs suture repair besides hernial sac resection.