Arimatias Raitio, Nelly Kalliokoski, Johanna Syvänen, Samuli Harju, Asta Tauriainen, Anna Hyvärinen, Mika Gissler, Ilkka Helenius, Ulla Sankilampi
The aim of this nationwide population-based case-control study was to assess the incidence of inguinal hernia (IH) among patients with congenital abdominal wall defects. All infants born with congenital abdominal wall defects between Jan 1, 1998, and Dec 31, 2014, were identified in the Finnish Register of Congenital Malformations. Six controls matched for gestational age, sex, and year of birth were selected for each case in the Medical Birth Register. The Finnish Hospital Discharge Register was searched for relevant diagnosis codes for IH, and hernia incidence was compared between cases and controls...
June 25, 2021: European Journal of Pediatrics