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Purpose The current study aimed to verify the usefulness of preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of contralateral patent processus vaginalis (PPV) at the level of the internal inguinal ring. Methods This was a prospective study of patients undergoing unilateral inguinal hernia repair at two institutions during 2010–2011. The sex, age at initial operation, birth weight, initial operation side,...
Purpose Previously, we established a pre-operative risk scoring system to predict contralateral inguinal hernia in children with unilateral inguinal hernias. The current study aimed to verify the usefulness of our pre-operative scoring system. Methods This was a prospective study of patients undergoing unilateral inguinal hernia repair from 2006 to 2009 at a single institution. Gender, age at initial...
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