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Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
The Official Journal of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 2383-2894
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Prevalence of Inguinal Hernias and Genital Abnormalities among Elementary - School Boys
Authors
Shahram Gooran1, Faramarz Fazeli2, Majid Asghari - Sheikhi3, Arash Askari - N ooghan4, Alireza Dashipour5, Mohsen ajabnia-Chenari6,*
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
*Corresponding Author: Medical Student, Member of Students Research Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Email: uroe84@yahoo.com
Published online:Mar 12, 2013
Article type:Research Article
Received:Nov 17, 2012
Accepted:Jan 02, 2013
How to Cite:Gooran S, Fazeli F, Asghari - Sheikhi M, Askari - N ooghan A, Dashipour A, et al. Prevalence of Inguinal Hernias and Genital Abnormalities among Elementary - School Boys. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2013;16(1):. doi:
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.
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© 2013, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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