Umbilical cord nonseverance (UCNS) is the practice of leaving umbilical attached to placenta after delivery. Limited case reports exist revealing adverse outcomes UCNS. We report a neonatal omphalitis associated with Escherichia coli bacteremia and urinary tract infection

BACKGROUND Umbilical hernia repair, a common day-case surgery procedure in children, is associated with a significant postoperative pain. The most popular peripheral nerve blocks used in umbilical hernia repair are rectus sheath infiltration and caudal block. The rectus sheath block may offer improved pain relief following umbilical hernia repair with no undesired effects such as lower limb mot...

Introduction: Iron plays an important role in myelination. Ferritin is a reliable indicator of the tissue iron store and umbilical cord ferritin level reflects the in utero iron stores. Objective is to study the effect of the umbilical cord ferritin level on the ABR recording in the newborn.   Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in a ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mesh fixation in laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair is poorly studied. We compared postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair in suture versus tack mesh fixation. METHODS Patients who underwent laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair were separated by method of mesh fixation: sutures versus primarily tacks. Medical history and follow-up data were c...

A 76-year-old female patient presented to our hospital because of skin necrosis with purulent exudate from a four to five-standing relapsed umbilical hernia with no associated fever, vomiting, or bowel obstruction signs. Her relevant history included diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure, as well as hernioplasty for an umbilical hernia that relapsed twice. Examination reveals a large tender...

Clinically, pure spermatic-cord lipoma has not been recognized as a disease entity but regarded as an incidental finding at the time of hernia repair, because it presents groin symptoms and clinical findings indistinguishable from those of inguinal hernia. We report the successful treatment of case of huge pure spermatic-cord lipoma originally misdiagnosed as inguinal hernia. The patients had t...

Serious acupuncture-related complications are rare in infants. We experienced a case of 58-day-old infant with an umbilical hernia who received acupuncture from non-professional guardian. Upon initial examination the emergency department, omentum protruded through skin defect caused by performed on top hernia. The underwent surgery, and subsequently recovered uneventfully.

INTRODUCTION The surgical treatment of umbilical hernia in cirrhosis patients raises special management challenges. The attitude upon the repair of these hernias varies from expectancy or elective treatment in early stages of the disease to the surgical treatment only if complications occur. MATERIAL AND METHOD We have assessed 22 consecutive cases of cirrhosis patients treated for complicate...