Uncommon Presentations of Umbilical Swelling Across Different Age Groups – A Single Institution Case Series

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Abstract

Umbilical hernia occurs due to bulge of the intra-abdominal structuresthrough a defect in the abdominal wall around the umbilicus. Umbilical hernia is a ventral hernia with umbilicus as its centre.Umbilical hernia repair is one of the common surgeries performed routinely for umbilical and para umbilical hernia. Of all the repairs for umbilical hernia, On-lay mesh repair is most commonly performed in adults in our centre.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

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