Are there any predictive factors of metachronous inguinal hernias in children with unilateral inguinal hernia?
We believe that the incidence is still too low to recommend routine contralateral exploration. Therefore, infants younger than 18 months appear to be a higher-risk subpopulation and should receive closer follow-up over this time period.
These observations suggest that the serum sialic acid concentration is raised in IDDM patients with both microalbuminuria and clinical proteinuria and may play a role as a cardiovascular risk factor or disease marker in these conditions.