Hernias are one of the most common reasons that children requires surgery. For more information about the difference between inguinal hernias and umbilical hernias, click on the video below.
The pediatric surgeons at MUSC were early adopters of the technique of laparoscopic hernia repair originally described by Dr.Patkowski, and in our opinion optimized by Dr. Andre Hebra. A detailed description of this procedure is presented in the video below. We published our initial experience in 2015 in which we detailed the outcomes of our first 495 laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs.
The video below was created early in our experience as a guide for other surgeons on how we perform the procedure.
For a full and detailed discussion of pediatric inguinal hernias, please see the textbook chapter which I co-authored in the latest edition of Operative Pediatric Surgery.