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Umbilical hernia in children

Última revisão das evidências: 7 Sep 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 15 Jun 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • present since birth
  • bulge at the umbilicus
  • change in size/tension during movement
  • skin changes
  • easily reducible hernia sac
  • well-defined rim of fascia with central defect
  • variable diameter of defect
  • symptoms of small bowel obstruction
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • intermittent discomfort
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Fatores de risco

  • low birth weight
  • African ancestry
  • Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)
  • trisomy 21, 18, 13
  • congenital hypothyroidism
  • mucopolysaccharidoses
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • diagnosis is clinical
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

incarcerated hernia

CONTÍNUA

large or symptomatic hernia

small and asymptomatic hernia

Colaboradores

Authors

Charles L. Snyder, MD

Professor of Surgery

Chief, Section of Surgery

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City

MO

Disclosures

CLS declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Charles L. Snyder wishes to gratefully acknowledge Dr Charles M. Leys, a previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

CML declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Michael A. Skinner, MD

Professor and Vice Chairman

Pediatric Surgery

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas

TX

Divulgaciones

MAS declares that he has no competing interests.

Bangalore S. Ramanand, MS, DNB, FRCS, MSC

Locum Consultant Surgeon

Glan Clwyd Hospital

Rhyl

UK

Divulgaciones

BSR declares that he has no competing interests.

LS Wong, MB ChB

Consultant Surgeon

Honorary Associate

Professor of Surgery

University Hospitals Coventry

UK

Divulgaciones

LSW declares that he has no competing interests.

Emmanuel Atta Agaba, MD, FRCS, FACS

Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York City

NY

Divulgaciones

EAA declares that he has no competing interests.

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Artículos principales

Vohr BR, Rosenfield AG, Oh W. Umbilical hernia in the low-birth-weight infant (less than 1,500 gm). J Pediatr. 1977 May;90(5):807-8. Resumen

Bowling K, Hart N, Cox P, et al. Management of paediatric hernia. BMJ. 2017 Oct 19;359:j4484. Resumen

Halpern LJ. Spontaneous healing of umbilical hernias. JAMA. 1962 Nov 24;182(8):851-2. Resumen

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