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INFANTILE UMBILICAL HERNIA: TO STRAP OR NOT TO STRAP
Author(s) -
AngelLord G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87445.x
Subject(s) - umbilical hernia , strapping , medicine , hernia , cure rate , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
A survey was carried out on 165 children with congenital umbilical hernia to determine the value of treatment by emplastrum. The cure rate of 84% of the patients so treated, compared with an 80% cure rate in the controls, shows that strapping does not in any way contribute to healing. In the great majority of cases healing is spontaneous, and only a very small number of patients require operation, mostly for complications of the original hernia.