EVALUATION OF THE SHAPE OF THE ABDOMEN IN CHILDREN DURING THE CORRECTION OF THE PATHOLOGY OF THE VAGINAL PROCESS OF THE PERITONEUM

The study was conducted at the Pediatric Surgery Clinic of Pirogov National Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, in the period from August, 2020 to January, 2021. 116 children with inguinal hernias and dropsy of the spermatic cord membranes were analyzed. All patients were divided into groups according to gender with a ratio of 74.56% boys and 25.44% girls. The shape of the anterior abdominal wall in children was evaluated. Three forms of the abdomen (expanding downwards, ovoid, expanding upwards) were identified and evaluated in all patients. the results, the majority of patients had an ovoid shape of the abdomen (91.07%), while the percentage of children who have a shape of the abdomen with downward and upward expansion was and 1.79%, respectively. The shape of the patients’ abdomen was analysed depending on gender and it was found that all the girls had an ovoid shape of the abdomen. Boys with an ovoid shape of the abdomen accounted for 89.13%, 8.7% of boys had a downward abdominal extension, and 2.17% of boys had an upward abdominal extension.