Babies and toddlers are waiting twice as long for hernia surgery than is considered safe, increasing the risk they will need urgent bowel surgery and may suffer damage to a testicle or ovary, a new study has concluded.
By The Vancouver Sun
Babies and toddlers are waiting twice as long for hernia surgery than is considered safe, increasing the risk they will need urgent bowel surgery and may suffer damage to a testicle or ovary, a new study has concluded.
Ontario researchers looked at nearly 1,100 children in that province under age two who underwent surgical repair of an inguinal (groin-area) hernia -- one of the most common conditions requiring surgery in children.
They found the median waiting time was 35 days from the time of diagnosis to surgery. Results were published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
In an accompanying commentary, Dr. Geoff Blair, chief of surgery at B.C. Children's Hospital, applauded the researchers for providing a "scientific analysis of how long infants and young children with inguinal hernias should wait for surgery."
Children who waited more than 14 days had a doubled risk of "incarcerated" or strangulated hernia, in which a loop of bowel gets stuck in an opening in the abdominal wall.
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2 comments:
More fear mongering. Same old wornout playbook from the Right. Gallactic stupidity I say.
Hey 10:06, Interesting. You are labeling an accurate reprint of an article that appeared in the Vancouver Sun as "more fear mongering, same wornout playbook from the right, gallactic stupidity." Do you always respond to purely factual information in this way? You sound like an emotionally-driven imbecile. You must be a liberal.
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