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==Management==
#95% can be reduced with out surgery using gentle FIRM CONTINUOUS pressure, trendelenberg, & analgesics
#95% can be reduced with out surgery using gentle FIRM CONTINUOUS pressure, trendelenberg, & analgesics
#Surgery consult or f/u if can't reduce. Ensure no obstruction
#Surgery consult or f/u if can't reduce. Ensure no obstruction

Revision as of 03:11, 9 July 2016

Inguinal Hernia

Background

  • 1-2% of children hve these
    • 10% become incarcerated
      • 70% of incarceration occurs ininfants (usu <6 mo)
  • M:F 6:1
  • 21% of F w/ inguinal hernia contain an ovary!

Diagnosis

  • parents usu report bulge in scrotum or groin that incr w/ crying
  • lack of transillumination indicates incarcerated hernia vs hydrocele (usu no chng w/ crying)
  • UTZ

Differential Diagnosis

Testicular Diagnoses

Management

  1. 95% can be reduced with out surgery using gentle FIRM CONTINUOUS pressure, trendelenberg, & analgesics
  2. Surgery consult or f/u if can't reduce. Ensure no obstruction

See Also

Abdominal Pain (Peds)