Journal article
Emergency room reduction of incarcerated inguinal hernia in infants: is routine hospital admission necessary?
Abstract
We studied the outcome in 94 infants less than 1 year of age who had an incarcerated inguinal hernia reduced in the emergency room. Fifty-six were admitted and 38 were sent home. Of the 56 infants admitted, 12 (21%) reincarcerated prior to surgery, whereas 28 (74%) of the 38 sent home reincarcerated. The incidence of reincarcinated was not affected by age or weight. Mean time to surgery was 2 days in the admission group and 10 days in the …
Authors
Baguley PE; Fitzgerald PG; Srinathan SK; Winthrop AL; Lau GYP; Cameron GS; Langer JC
Journal
Pediatric Surgery International, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 366–367
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 1992
DOI
10.1007/bf00176595
ISSN
0179-0358