Abstract

LORA-AGUIRRE, Alejandro; VEGA-PENA, Neil Valentín; BARRIOS-PARRA, Arnold José  and  RUIZ-PINEDA, Juan Pablo. Umbilical hernia: an unsolved problem. Iatreia [online]. 2019, vol.32, n.4, pp.288-297. ISSN 0121-0793.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.28.

Umbilical hernia surgery has traditionally been considered simple and easy to perform. A conceptual change of the umbilical hernia and the advances in its treatment have modified its approach, establishing scenarios of variable complexity (Obesity, pregnancy, cirrhosis, diastasis of the rectus, etc.), which demand a deeper knowledge of the subject on the medical community. The economic impact on the health system, due to its high prevalence as a surgical pathology, implies a rational use of resources, as well as the need for a new categorization within the abdominal wall surgery. It is necessary to establish modifications in the diagnostic and therapeutic processes in an entity that has been relegated to the basic levels of the usual surgical practice.

Keywords : Diagnosis; Evidence-Based Medicine; Hernia, Umbilical; Surgery; Prosthesis.

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