Table 1 Clinical profile of infantile inguinal hernia
From: The demographic profile and the management of infantile inguinal hernia: a 3-year’s review
Parameters | GI 0–6 months | GII 6–12 months | P value | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No of study subjects-118 | N = 89 (75.4%) | N = 29 (24.6%) | – | – |
Age (days) | 79 ± 36 | 312 ± 52.8 | < 0.001 | HS |
Gender | ||||
Male | ||||
Female | 70 (78.65%) | 24 (82.75%) | – | – |
Ratio | 19 (21.3%) | 5 (17.24%) | ||
Duration of symptoms (days) (Mean ± SD) | 3.6:1 | 4.8:1 | ||
Birth wt (Kgs) (Mean ± SD) | 3 ± 3 | 2.63 ± 0.4 | > 0.05 | NS |
Wt at time of surgery (Kgs) (Mean ± SD) | 3.82 ± 1.12 | 8 ± 1.0 | < 0.0001 | HS |
Preterm babies (28–37 weeks) | 22 (24.71%) | 0 (0%) | – | – |
LIH- RIH- B/L-IH Metachronous IH- | 38 (42.66%) 31 (34.83%) 18 (20.2%) 2 (2.24%) | 14 (48.27%) 10 (34.48%) 5 (17.24%) 0 | – | – |
HB (gms) (Mean ± SD) | 11 ± 1.57 | 11 ± 1.0 | > 0.05 | NS |
Reducible hernia– Special contents- Irreducible hernia– Contents-ovary | 81 (91%) *Ovary-3 (3.7%) *AH-2 (2.46%) *8 (8.9%) R-3 (37.5%) L-5 (62.5%) 2 (25%) | 26 (89.65%) *Ovary- 1 (3.8%) *Chylous ascites-1 (3.8%) *Enterocele-1 (3.8%) *3 (10.34%) R-1 (33.3%) L-2 (66%) 1 (33.3%) | – | – |
Lohs (days) (Mean ± SD) | 5 ± 5 | 3.55 ± 2.10 | 0.149 | NS |
Syndromic babies | 4 (4.49%) | 1 (0.0345%) | – | – |
Other procedures | Mitchell banks’-3 (3.3%) | Mesh repair-1 (2.9%) | – | – |
Recurrence | 1 (1.12%) | 0 (0.0345%) | – | – |
Infection | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Surgical morbidity | 1 (0.85%) | 0 | – | – |
General morbidity | 1 | 1 | ||
General mortality | 0 | 1 (0.847%) |