Inguinal hernia in the paediatric age group the pakistani and japanese experience

ABSTRACT

During 1986 - 1987, a hospital based study of 258 infants and children with inguinal hernia was done at Karachi Pakistan and Kobe Japan. Ages of patients ranged from 0 -12 years. There were 158 Pakistani children composed of different ethnic groups and 100 Japanese children of single ethnic group. The purpose was to compare the similarities and differences of this common surgical problem in the two Asian Countries. The survey was carried out at two paediatric surgical units of Karachi [National Institute of Child Health and Civil Hospital, Karachi] and at Kobe Children Hospital Japan. The results concluded from the data show higher female to male ratio and higher percentage of bilaterality of the inguinal hernia in Japanese children