Umbilical hernia medical therapy

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

Overview

• Management for umbilical hernias include watchful waiting, educating the parents of the natural course of the condition as most hernias resolve in the first few years of life.

Medical Therapy

• The medical therapy for umbilical hernia is as follows:
• Management for umbilical hernias include:
  • Watchful waiting
  • Educating the parents of the natural course of the condition
    • Most hernias resolve in the first few years of life

• If umbilical hernia is incarcerated than it is treated with the following:
  • IV fluids
  • Nasogastric tube
  • Emergent surgery