THE SEARCH for a simple secure method for the repair of indirect hernia continues. In 1899 Kocher (Kocher, 1903) introduced displacement of the invaginated neck of the sac lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels. This method never achieved the popularity of that suggested by Bassini but has been practised by various surgeons; C. J. A. Woodside of Belfast used it throughout his surgical caree...

We have studied 40 infants with a post-conceptual age of less than 60 weeks undergoing general anaesthesia for herniotomy. Patients were anaesthetized with 1 MAC equivalent values for age and agent and allocated randomly to receive halothane, savoflurane or thiopental for induction, and halothane, sevoflurane or desflurane for maintenance of anaesthesia. At induction, both time to acceptance of...

: Morquio syndrome is a progressive lysosomal storage disorder leading to accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in the soft tissue, cartilage, and bone causing skeletal dysplasia. We present four-year-old child diagnosed with right side inguinal hernia posted for herniotomy. He had large head short neck kyphoscoliosis. Pre-operative MRI whole spine shows hypoplastic dens canal stenosis, indenting ...