Patient's question:
After the child was born, they cried a lot, and a hernia appeared. At such a young age, the child suffers from a severe hernia. Moreover, the child's hernia is very serious and requires minimally invasive surgery for treatment. I want to know how minimally invasive surgery treats it?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 promptly, 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 umbilical ring diameter is 2-3 cm, surgical intervention should be considered. Currently, minimally invasive treatment is the main approach, primarily performed through laparoscopy, which causes less trauma and allows for faster recovery.