Long-term outcome of children with patent processus vaginalis incidentally diagnosed by laparoscopy

Centeno, Noemi; Mircea, Liliana; Sanchez, Oliver Lope; Genin, Bernard; Lironi, Alain; Chardot, Christophe; Birraux, Jacques Maurice; Wildhaber, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.001

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Long-term outcome of children with patent processus vaginalis incidentally diagnosed by laparoscopy

ContributorsCenteno, Noemi; Mircea, Liliana; Sanchez, Oliver Lope; Genin, Bernard; Lironi, Alain; Chardot, Christophe; Birraux, Jacques Maurice; Wildhaber, Barbara

Published inJournal of pediatric surgery, vol. 50, p. 1898-1902

Publication date2015

Abstract

Patent processus vaginalis (PPV) might be incidentally diagnosed during laparoscopy. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and the natural history of PPV, i.e. its possible development into symptomatic inguinal hernia.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Recherche clinique en chirurgie pédiatrique (886)

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CENTENO, Noemi et al. Long-term outcome of children with patent processus vaginalis incidentally diagnosed by laparoscopy. In: Journal of pediatric surgery, 2015, vol. 50, p. 1898–1902. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.001

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PID : unige:76295
DOI : 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.001
PMID : 26233492

Journal ISSN0022-3468

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Long-term outcome of children with patent processus vaginalis incidentally diagnosed by laparoscopy

Patent processus vaginalis (PPV) might be incidentally diagnosed during laparoscopy. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and the natural history of PPV, i.e. its possible development into symptomatic inguinal hernia.

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