ArticleSurgery today2016
Effects of insistent screening for contralateral patent processus vaginalis in laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure to prevent metachronous contralateral onset of pediatric inguinal hernia.
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- Open versus laparoscopic repair in pediatric incarcerated inguinal hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- The detail profile of cause of recurrences after laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) in children: a systematic review.Pediatric surgery international · 2022Pooled it
- Features of recurrence and contralateral metachronous inguinal hernia (CMIH) in the patients underwent laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) for pediatric inguinal hernia.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Construction and validation of a predictive model for the risk of contralateral patent processus vaginalis in children with unilateral inguinal hernia or hydrocele.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Laparoscopic surgery: an effective and safe surgical method of pediatric inguinal hernia repair.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2021Article
- Initial Experience with Percutaneous Internal Ring Suturing for Indirect Inguinal Hernia in Pediatric Patients.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2020Article
- Is contralateral inguinal exploration necessary in preterm girls undergoing inguinal hernia repair during the first months of life?Pediatric surgery international · 2018Article
- Modified Marcy repair for indirect inguinal hernia in children: a 24-year single-center experience of 6826 pediatric patients.Surgery today · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeLaparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) is known to reduce the incidence of metachronous contralateral hernia (MCH) compared to conventional hernia repair. We herein describe the effects of insistent screening for an irregular orifice of the contralateral patent processus vaginalis (CPPV).
methodsAll patients who underwent LPEC between 2003 and 2013 were reviewed. We started insistent screening for a CPPV in July 2010. The surgically treated cases before June 2010 were assigned to the former group, while those treated after July 2010 were in the latter group. The data were retrospectively collected from medical records. The statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test or Chi square test. A value of P < 0.05 was considered to be significant.
resultA total of 1113 patients (514 males and 599 females) ranging in age from 3 months old to 15 years old (median 4.6 years old), were reviewed. Of the 626 patients in the former group, a CPPV was detected in 227 patients. Of the 487 patients in the latter group, a CPPV was detected in 271 patients. The incidence of a CPPV significantly increased over time (P < 0.001). We encountered five cases of MCH, all of which belonged to the former group (P = 0.048).
conclusionsThe increased detection of a CPPV by insistent screening seemed to cause a decrease in the incidence of MCH.
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