Incarceration of umbilical hernia in infants

• Main Authors: Shiho Yoshida (Author), Toshihiro Yanai (Author), Eri Tei (Author), Ryo Sueyoshi (Author), Hiroyuki Koga (Author), Atsuyuki Yamataka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Umbilical hernia (UH) is one of the most common conditions in infants and young children and usually closes spontaneously during the early years of life. Complications, such as incarceration, are rare. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 35 cases of incarcerated UHs reported in childr...