Spontaneous evisceration of infantile umbilical hernia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Infantile umbilical hernia is common in children. It has a regressive course in most cases. Conservative management is the standard in most cases before the age of 3 years unless there are complications such as incarceration, rupture with evisceration which are extremely rare and warrants emergency surgery.

Case presentation

Our case was a full term 6-month-old male of normal birth weight with history of umbilical hernia but with no obvious risk factors to develop complications. The loops evisceration was spontaneous with a small umbilical skin damage. The poor parental consultation on early surgical management and delayed presentation of the infant after evisceration could be the possible risks for ischemic changes and shock state at the time of

SUBMITTER: Ali AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236177 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature