Case-Based Journal Review: Inguinal Hernia 2025

Stay Current in Pediatric Surgery

Dr. José Campos is back, this time helping us review some of the latest literature on the management of Inguinal Hernia in children. In this podcast, we're reviewing a hernia case with Dr. Todd Ponsky and incorporating literature from the last few years.

Host: Em Gootee

Articles in the order we mentioned if you want to follow along:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38530261/

HIP Trial Investigators; Blakely ML, Krzyzaniak A, Dassinger MS, Pedroza C, Weitkamp JH, Gosain A, Cotten M, Hintz SR, Rice H, Courtney SE, Lally KP, Ambalavanan N, Bendel CM, Bui KCT, Calkins C, Chandler NM, Dasgupta R, Davis JM, Deans K, DeUgarte DA, Gander J, Jackson CA, Keszler M, Kling K, Fenton SJ, Fisher KA, Hartman T, Huang EY, Islam S, Koch F, Lainwala S, Lesher A, Lopez M, Misra M, Overbey J, Poindexter B, Russell R, Stylianos S, Tamura DY, Yoder BA, Lucas D, Shaul D, Ham PB 3rd, Fitzpatrick C, Calkins K, Garrison A, de la Cruz D, Abdessalam S, Kvasnovsky C, Segura BJ, Shilyansky J, Smith LM, Tyson JE. Effect of Early vs Late Inguinal Hernia Repair on Serious Adverse Event Rates in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 Mar 26;331(12):1035-1044. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.2302. PMID: 38530261; PMCID: PMC10966421.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34856625/

Dreuning KMA, Derikx JPM, Ouali A, Janssen LMJ, Tulder MWV, Twisk JWR, Haverman L, van Heurn LWE. One-Stop Surgery: An Innovation to Limit Hospital Visits in Children. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Oct;32(5):435-442. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1740158. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34856625; PMCID: PMC9481276.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36307301/

Fraser JD, Duran YK, Deans KJ, Downard CD, Fallat ME, Gadepalli SK, Hirschl RB, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Markel TA, Minneci PC, Sato TT, St Peter SD; Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. Natural history and consequence of patent processus vaginalis: An interim analysis from a multi-institutional prospective observational study. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan;58(1):142-145. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.09.012. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36307301.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21259030/

Zendejas B, Onkendi EO, Brahmbhatt RD, Greenlee SM, Lohse CM, Farley DR. Contralateral metachronous inguinal hernias in adults: role for prophylaxis during the TEP repair. Hernia. 2011 Aug;15(4):403-8. doi: 10.1007/s10029-011-0784-2. Epub 2011 Jan 23. PMID: 21259030.