Outpatient Factors Implicated in Timing of Delayed Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Neonates: Single Center Analysis Brings Up a Touchy Issue and Balancing Metric
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Nicole Kus, Ana Maria Dumitru, Rosa Hwang, Gary Nace, Myron Allukian
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Among premature infants, the incidence of inguinal hernias (IH) has been reported to be as high as 10–30%. We performed this study to characterize the association between individual and systemic variables that may affect diagnosis to definitive operative repair of the premature neonatal IH in the outpatient setting.
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