Ibrahim Ridha Safwan Alnakhli
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Taibah University, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Knowledge and awareness about Congenital Umbilical and Inguinal hernias in infants and children and its complication among parent?s in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Ahmed Abdelghaffar Hamed Helal*, Turki Abdullah Aidh Alahmadi, Hazim Fawzi Hassan Alhelali, Bandar Mubarak Bati Almutairi, Fahad Mohammed Mohsen Alkhulayfi, Ibrahim Abdullah Khashman Almutairi, Bader Musaad Ghalib Alharbi, Abdulrahman Ahmed Sulaiman Alhirbish and Ibrahim Ridha Safwan Alnakhli
Inguinal and umbilical hernias are very common in the pediatric age group, and they can be associated with severe complications. A congenital inguinal hernia (CIH) is an indirect hernia related to failure of closure of the patent processes vaginitis (PPV) at the deep inguinal ring. This study Knowledge and awareness about Congenital Umbilical and Inguinal hernias in infants and children and its complication among parent’s Madina El Monawara, Saudi Arabia. Incidence and age at presentation the incidence of congenital inguinal hernia depends on age. The incidence is highest in premature infants. The incidence may be as high as 60% in infants born at 500e750 g. Nearly one-third of infants with a birth weight less than 1000 g will develop an IH. Term infants have an IH incidence of 3e5%. The overall incidence of childhood inguinal hernia is 0.8 e4.4%. Inguinal hernia repair is consi.. Read More»