Advances in pediatric surgery
- 제17권1호
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- Pages.58-64
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- 2011
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
소아에서 복강경 탈장 수술의 초기경험
A Preliminary Report of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair in Children
- Kim, Hong-Gyu (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery Korea University College of Medicine) ;
- Boo, Yoon-Jung (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery Korea University College of Medicine)
- 투고 : 2011.03.28
- 심사 : 2011.07.08
- 발행 : 2011.06.30
초록
Minimally invasive techniques for pediatric inguinal hernia repair have been evolving in recent years. We applied the laparoscopic method to repair pediatric inguinal hernia using the techniques of sac transection and intra-corporeal ligation. Between November 2008 and August 2010, 67 pediatric patients (47 boys and 20 girls) with inguinal hernias were included in this study. Postoperative activities, pain, and complication were checked prospectively at regular follow-up. One patient presented with clinically bilateral hernia, and three patients had metachronous hernias. Thirty-two cases out of 63 patients with unilateral hernias had a patent processus vaginalis on the contralateral side. Mean operation time was