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*The medical therapy for umbilical hernia is as follows:<ref name="urlHernia, Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083594 |title=Hernia, Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlHernia, Pediatric Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083740 |title=Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | *The medical therapy for umbilical hernia is as follows:<ref name="urlHernia, Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083594 |title=Hernia, Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="BlayStulberg2017">{{cite journal|last1=Blay|first1=Eddie|last2=Stulberg|first2=Jonah J.|title=Umbilical Hernia|journal=JAMA|volume=317|issue=21|year=2017|pages=2248|issn=0098-7484|doi=10.1001/jama.2017.3982}}</ref><ref name="urlHernia, Pediatric Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083740 |title=Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
**Management for umbilical hernias include: | **Management for umbilical hernias include: | ||
***Watchful waiting | ***Watchful waiting | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
Management for umbilical hernias include watchful waiting, educating the parents of the natural course of the condition as most hernias resolve in the first few years of life. If umbilical hernia is incarcerated, then it is treated with IV fluids, nasogastric tube, and emergent surgery.
Medical Therapy
- The medical therapy for umbilical hernia is as follows:[1][2][3]
- Management for umbilical hernias include:
- Watchful waiting
- Educating the parents of the natural course of the condition including complications
- Most hernias resolve in the first few years of life
- If umbilical hernia is incarcerated then it is treated with the following:
- IV fluids
- Nasogastric tube
- Emergent surgery
- Management for umbilical hernias include:
References
- ↑ "Hernia, Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ Blay, Eddie; Stulberg, Jonah J. (2017). "Umbilical Hernia". JAMA. 317 (21): 2248. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.3982. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ↑ "Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical - PubMed - NCBI".