RT Book, Section
A1 Browne, Marybeth
A1 Chin, Anthony
A1 Reynolds, Marleta
A2 Goodman, Denise M.
A2 Green, Thomas P.
A2 Unti, Sharon M.
A2 Powell, Elizabeth C.
SR Print(0)
ID 7000206
T1 Chapter 29. Hernia Reduction
T2 Current Procedures: Pediatrics
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145908-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7000206
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  A  hernia  is  a  benign  process  unless  the  contents  within  the  hernia  sac  become  incarcerated.•  Incarceration  is  the  inability  of  the  hernia’s  contents  to  be  reduced.•  The  risk  of  incarceration  is  highest  during  infancy  with  a  28–31%  incarceration  rate  before  3  months  of  age  and  15–24%  by  6  months  of  age.•  Although  the  risk  of  incarceration  gradually  decreases  with  age,  the  severity  of  its  consequences  mandates  immediate  manual  reduction  when  possible,  followed  by  prompt  operative  repair.