Prevalence of Inguinal Hernias and Genital Abnormalities  among Elementary - School Boys

Shahram Gooran; Faramarz Fazeli; Majid Asghari - Sheikhi; Arash Askari - N ooghan; Alireza  Dashipour; Mohsen ajabnia-Chenari

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Prevalence of Inguinal Hernias and Genital Abnormalities among Elementary - School Boys

Author(s):

Shahram Gooran¹,

Faramarz Fazeli²,

Majid Asghari - Sheikhi³,

Arash Askari - N ooghan⁴,

Alireza Dashipour⁵,

Mohsen ajabnia-Chenari^6,*

1Department of Urology , Research Center of Urology , Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Urology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

3epartment of Dermatology, Tehran University of Medical Sciencess , Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4General P hysician, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

5 Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

6Medical Student, Member of Students Research Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 1; 28-31

Published online:Mar 12, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:Nov 17, 2012

Accepted:Jan 02, 2013

How to Cite:Shahram GooranFaramarz FazeliMajid Asghari - SheikhiArash Askari - N ooghanAlireza DashipourMohsen ajabnia-Chenariet al.Prevalence of Inguinal Hernias and Genital Abnormalities among Elementary - School Boys.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.16(1):28-31.

Abstract

Background: Penoscrotal diseases and inguinal hernia are abnormalities that are often not diagnosed in childhood because most parents do not know the normal anatomy of this region. We designed a cross-sectional study in order to determine the prevalence of inguinal hernia and penoscrotal abnormalities in the elementary school boys in Zahedan city.

Patients and Methods: We studied 3100 elementary-school boys, aged 7-12 years, who underwent clinical examination of the groin and genitalia in 2008.

Results: Abnormalities were detected in 167 children (5.38%).The most frequent anomaly was indirect inguinal hernia, seen in 81 children (2.6%). The other abnormalities were undescended testis in 39 boys (1.2%), hydrocele in 25 boys (0.8%), hypospadiasis in 11 boys (0.3%), epispadiasis in 1 boy (0.03%), varicoceles in 3 boys (0.09%) and micropenis in 7 boys (0.2%).

Conclusions: Since these abnormalities are most common disorder in children, education of the public and medical staff about these abnormalities and screening system are needed to improve the outcome.

Keywords

Genital Abnormalities

Inguinal hernia

Prevalence

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