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Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgical Treatment Of Umbilical Hernia, Andrei Moisin, Mihai Faur, Carmen Popa, Claudia Diana Gherman, Victor Dumitrescu, Denisa Tanasescu, Adrian Boicean, Simona Balasescu, Meda Comandasu, Dan Dumitrescu, Anca Zgura, Calin Mohor

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Umbilical hernia is one of the types of ventral hernias of the abdominal wall and it represents the externalization of a part of the abdominal contents through a defect of the anterior abdominal wall located in the umbilical region. It is estimated that more than 20 million abdominal wall hernia surgeries are performed worldwide each year. The paper presents a retrospective study on the patients diagnosed with umbilical hernia and admitted to the First and Second Surgery Departments of the Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital. The study includes 82 cases diagnosed with umbilical hernias over a period of 4 years, …