Patient's question:
My child was diagnosed with a hernia when they were young, but since the child was very small, we never had the treatment. In these days, the child is already two years old, and we want to use surgery to treat it. How long should the child fast before minimally invasive pediatric hernia surgery?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Pediatric inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in pediatric surgery and hernia surgery, mainly including congenital inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia. The main factors leading to the occurrence of pediatric hernia are congenital factors. Inguinal hernia is mainly caused by the failure of the processus vaginalis to close, while umbilical hernia is due to the inability of the umbilical ring to shrink and close in a timely manner, often in premature infants and low birth weight infants due to incomplete growth and development at birth. Inguinal hernias in children over one year old cannot heal on their own. If a child with an umbilical hernia is over 4 years old or the diameter of the umbilical ring is 2-3 cm, surgery should be considered. Preoperative fasting is generally 24 hours.