Umbilical hernia risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of umbilical hernia includes infants, pregnancy, African American, mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and down syndrome.

Risk Factors

The risk factors for umbilical hernia are as follows:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Infants
African Americans
Patients with the following pre-existing diseases:
Pregnant woman
- There are times that the uterus may block the bowels from coming through the opening, but these cases are rather rare.
- Six weeks after the baby is born, most surgeons will repair the hernia.

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”.
↑ Oma, Erling; Jensen, Kristian K.; Jorgensen, Lars N. (2017). “Increased risk of ventral hernia recurrence after pregnancy: A nationwide register-based study”. The American Journal of Surgery. 214 (3): 474–478. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.03.044. ISSN 0002-9610.
↑ Zenitani, Masahiro; Sasaki, Takashi; Tanaka, Natsumi; Oue, Takaharu (2017). “Umbilical appearance and patient/parent satisfaction over 5 years of follow-up after umbilical hernia repair in children”. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.06.003. ISSN 0022-3468.
↑ Shankar, Divya A.; Itani, Kamal M. F.; O’Brien, William J.; Sanchez, Vivian M. (2017). “Factors Associated With Long-term Outcomes of Umbilical Hernia Repair”. JAMA Surgery. 152 (5): 461. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2016.5052. ISSN 2168-6254.

Overview