PEDIATRICS Vol. 56 No. 1 July 1975, pp. 112-115
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Inguinal Hernia: A Common Problem of Premature Infants Weighing 1,000 Grams or Less at Birth

Rita C. Harper M.D.1, Alfredo Garper M.D.1, and Concepción Sia M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, New York

Thirty percent of 37 consecutive surviving premature infants weighing 1,000 gm or less at birth were noted to develop inguinal hernias. Incarceration occurred in two infants. One infant suffered a cardiac arrest during repair of the hernia. In view of the increased survival now being reported in these tiny prematures, it is important that physicians recognize the high incidence and potential hazards of this congenital anomaly in surviving premature infants weighing 1,000 gm or less at birth.




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