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        <journal-title>Journal of Medical Insight</journal-title>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">268.13</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24296/jomi/268.13</article-id>
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          <subject>Research article</subject>
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        <article-title>Pediatric Infant Bilateral Open Inguinal Hernia Repair - Twin B</article-title>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <year>2024</year>
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      <volume>2024</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
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        <copyright-statement>2017 Journal of Medical Insight</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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        <p>Indirect inguinal hernia repair is a common procedure for premature infants because of the frequency of a patent processus vaginalis. Prompt surgical correction decreases the risk of incarceration, strangulation, and necrosis in children. There are various techniques for herniorrhaphy. This repair demonstrates an open bilateral indirect inguinal hernia repair in an infant that avoids high ligation by closing the internal inguinal ring, utilizing a purse-string method to keep the hernia sac intact. This approach limits the amount of anesthesia used and prevents excess bleeding, making it safe, effective and efficient.</p>
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