Day Surgery For Pediatric Inguinal Hernia.

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  • 小児鼠径ヘルニアの日帰り手術の検討
  • ショウニ ソケイ ヘルニア ノ ヒガエリ シュジュツ ノ ケントウ

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Background and Aims : We are making efforts to shorten the hospital stay for the purpose of improving patients' QOL and also resolving the shortage of beds with an increase in the number of surgery, while taking into consideration the revision of the medical expense system and medical system itself. Day surgery is performed for pediatric inguinal hernia because of its merits such as that the mother-child separation period can be shortened and that the daily lives of affected children and their families are not changed. This paper is a study of the present situation in day surgery for pediatric inguinal hernia.<BR>Patients and Methods : From July, 1995 to January, 2002, 127 patients with pediatric inguinal hernia (male:female=65:61) underwent day surgery at our department, their mean age being 4.3 years. The surgery was performed under general anesthesia with a mean surgical time of 22.5 minutes.<BR>Results : The day surgery was shifted to overnight hospital stay in 3 cases : 2 cases developing fever due to a postoperative symptom like upper airway inflammation and 1 case as requested by her mother. No case required readmission after discharge. No case revisited our hospital complaining of abnormality at the site of operation. So far as our confirmation is concerned, there is no case of recurrence after surgery. <BR>Conclusion : Surgery for pediatric inguinal hernia being surgery on the body surface is quite safe because it can be done in a short time and its wound is small. Therefore, it is suitable for day surgery. We intend to continue practicing this day surgery for pediatric inguinal hernia.

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