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Query: UMLS:C0019270 (
hernia
)
15,856
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Congenital lumbar
hernia
(CLH) is a rare anomaly with only 45 cases reported in the English-language literature. This paper describes nine patients with CLH treated in our unit. Unusual features included the relatively high incidence of inferior lumbar
hernia
, presentation at the age of 6 years in one case, and an association with
hydrometrocolpos
and anorectal malformation, which is hitherto unreported. In seven patients the
hernia
could be repaired successfully. One patients' parents refused surgery for the CLH after treatment of a
hydrometrocolpos
and another died of fulminant pneumonia before the operation. Early operation is the treatment of choice, and repair with local tissues is preferable. The need for prosthetic material arises when the size of the defect is large. A successful operation offers a good quality of life.
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PMID:Congenital lumbar hernia. 1066 70
