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Hernias
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Updated September 2011
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| Title: | Birth defects - the abdomen |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Birth defects of the abdomen include diaphragmatic hernia (organs protrude into the chest cavity), exomphalos (organs protrude through the navel) and gastroschisis (organs protrude through the abdominal wall). |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Umbilical care and umbilical hernia |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | An umbilical hernia is very common in children. It appears as a small lump near the umbilicus (navel or belly-button). It usually causes no problems and goes away as the child grows. Caring for the umbilicus and umbilical cord soon after birth. |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Congenital diaphragmatic hernia - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | A congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect where there is an abnormal hole in the diaphragm, which allows some of the abdominal organs to protrude into the chest. |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Open surgical procedures for incisional hernias |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | An incisional hernia is a bulge of tissue or an organ through an operation scar in the abdominal wall. Incisional hernias occur in 10 to 23 percent after abdominal operations. This review question the choice of open operative repair technique, somehow c... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Laparoscopic versus open surgical techniques for ventral or incisional hernia repair |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | A defect in the abdominal wall through which organs can protrude is called hernia. Hernias may occur spontaneously (primary hernia) or at the site of a previous surgical incision (incisional hernia). A hernia is usually recognized as a bulge or tear und... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Ward reduction without general anaesthesia versus reduction and repair under general anaesthesia for gastroschisis in newborn infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ward reduction for newborn infants with gastroschisis is not supported or refuted by evidence from randomised controlled trials. Newborn babies with gastroschisis are born with their gut hanging out of a hole in their belly. If the gut is not put back t... |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Late versus early surgical correction for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in newborn infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | No clear evidence about when to perform surgery to correct congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a rare but often fatal condition. It occurs when a newborn baby's diaphragm has a defect in it that allows abdominal organs (s... |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Wound drains after incisional hernia repair |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Incisional hernias are caused by the failure of the wall of the abdomen to close after abdominal surgery. This leaves a hole through which the viscera (guts) protrude. Hernias are repaired with further surgery, during which the insertion of a drain to r... |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Gastro-oesophageal reflux: what causes it? - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | In people who have gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, the lower oesophageal sphincter does not function properly. Find out the factors that make reflux worse. |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Antibiotic prophylaxis for hernia repair. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The use of antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hernia repair is currently a controversial issue. Although elective hernia repair is considered a clean procedure, the rate of postoperative wound infection in many countries exceeds the one expected for cl... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Hydrocoeles - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Hydrocoeles are fluid-filled bags occurring in the scrotum. |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Shouldice technique versus other open techniques for inguinal hernia repair |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Inguinal hernia is a very common disease that mainly affects men in young and middle age and it's reparation is the most frequent operation in general surgery. Hernias present as bulges in the groin area that can become more prominent when coughing, str... |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Genital prolapse |
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| Publisher: | Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc |
| Description: | Genital prolapse is when pelvic organs descend from their normal anatomical position into the vagina. |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Hernia |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of hernias by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in early infancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Not enough evidence to show whether regional anaesthesia is better than general anaesthetic for a preterm baby having surgery for inguinal hernia. Babies born preterm (before 37 weeks) often have serious health problems and sometimes need surgery. Ingui... |
| Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Title: | Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for inguinal hernia repair |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Repair of a hernia in the groin (an inguinal hernia) is the most frequently performed operation in general surgery. The hernia is repaired (with suturing or placing a synthetic mesh over the hernia in one of the layers of the abdominal wall) using eithe... |
| Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Title: | Open mesh versus non-mesh for groin hernia repair |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review examines the evidence from studies comparing different types of open surgery for people with groin hernia. We included only randomised studies comparing either 1) methods using synthetic mesh versus methods without mesh or 2) flat mesh metho... |
| Date: | May 2001 |
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