Contralateral surgical exploration during inguinal hernia repair in infants (HERNIIA trial): study protocol for a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The incidence of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia (MCIH) is high in infants with an inguinal hernia (5–30%), with the highest risk in infants aged 6 months or younger. MCIH is associated with the risk of incarceration and necessitates a second operation. This might be avoided b...

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Autores principales: Dreuning, Kelly M. A., van Tulder, Maurits W., Been, Jasper V., Rovers, Maroeska M., de Graaff, Jurgen C., Stevens, Markus F., Anema, Johannes R., Twisk, Jos W. R., van Heurn, L. W. Ernest, Derikx, Joep P. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34593022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05606-w

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