ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2023
Optimal timing for inguinal hernia repair in premature infants: surgical issues for inguinal hernia in premature infants.
Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Meta-Analysis to Determine Optimal Timing for Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Pre-Term Infants.World journal of surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Simultaneous laparoscopic orchiopexy and high ligation for concurrent inguinal hernia and nonpalpable undescended testis in young infants.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Optimal Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants: A Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Risk factors for recurrence after open neonatal hernia repair: A single-center, retrospective study.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- The Impact of Surgical Repair on Restlessness in Infants with Non-Incarcerated Inguinal Hernias: A Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Surgical Timing on Outcomes in Neonatal Inguinal Hernia Repairs: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- New classification of Amyand's hernia, our experience: a retrospective observational study with a literature review.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: We analyzed the timing of inguinal hernia repair in premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) considering recurrence, incarceration, and other complications. Methods: In this multicenter retrospective review, premature infants (<37 weeks) in the NICU diagnosed with inguinal hernia between 2017 and 2021 were segregated into 2 groups based on the timing of inguinal hernia repair. Results: Of 149 patients, 109 (73.2%) underwent inguinal hernia repair in the NICU and 40 (26.8%) after discharge. Preoperative incarceration did not differ, but complications with recurrence and postoperative respiratory insufficiency were higher in the NICU group (11.0% Conclusion: Our results suggest that when premature infants are diagnosed with inguinal hernia in the NICU, inguinal hernia repair after discharge may decrease the odds of recurrence and postoperative respiratory insufficiency. In patients who have difficulty delaying surgery, it is thought that surgery should be performed carefully in a ventilator preoperatively or weighed <3,000 g at the time of surgery.
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