Patient's question:
The child is 5 years old and has been diagnosed with pediatric hernia. They need to go to the hospital for surgery in the next few days. Since the daily arrangements at home are quite tight, could you please tell us how long does the pediatric hernia surgery usually take? This would help us make a reasonable plan.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 the child with umbilical hernia is over 4 years old or the diameter of the umbilical ring is 2-3 cm, surgical intervention should be considered. Currently, minimally invasive treatment is adopted, which causes very little trauma and is very fast, generally healing within about a week.