Diagnosis and treatment of inguinal and scrotal hernias in children

Inguinal hernia is a pathological protrusion of the hernial sac (vaginal process of the peritoneum) together with the hernial contents (a loop of the intestine, a strand of the omentum or ovary) in the inguinal region. Congenital inguinal hernias in children are a local manifestation of mesenchymal insufficiency syndrome. Inguinal hernias in childhood are usually oblique, i.e. they pass through the inguinal canal through its inner and outer openings. The structural anatomy of a hernia includes: hernial gates - defects of the abdominal wall of congenital or post-traumatic genesis; hernial sac - a stretched leaf of the parietal peritoneum; hernial contents - abdominal organs moved into the hernial sac. The hernial sac is a partially or completely ungliterated vaginal process of the peritoneum.