Potential value of routine contralateral patent processus vaginalis repair in children with unilateral inguinal hernia

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• 作者：J. Zhao ; Y. Chen ; J. Lin ; Y. Jin ; H. Yang ; F. Wang ; H. Zhong and J. Zhu
• 刊名：British Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：104
• 期：1
• 页码：148-151
• 全文大小：99K
• ISSN：1365-2168

文摘

The development of laparoscopy as a means of evaluation and treatment of inguinal hernia in children has raised the question of whether simultaneous closure of a contralateral patent processus vaginalis (CPPV) is justified. The present study aimed to determine the rate of metachronous inguinal hernia (MIH) in children with CPPV.