Dr. Stephen Kim

There are different surgical procedures for pectus excavatum. The 2 main approaches include the nuss procedure and the ravitch procedure.

Endoscopy and UGI study are different types of studies.

It is possible for one study to pick up a hiatal hernia even when the other study did not.   

Cause of esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal atresia is unknown.

  

An omphalocele is a congenital abdominal wall defect (defect that the baby is born with).

Cause is unknown. Most will need surgery to repair.   

There are no ways to treat an inguinal hernia except for surgical repair.   

If there was pain at the umbilical hernia site and a bulge, then this may be a recurrence of the hernia.

Recommend evaluation by the surgeon who did the repair.   

History is consistent with an inguinal hernia.

An umbilical hernia requires surgical repair to close the defect.

Pain associated with an umbilica hernia may indicate incarceration events. Recommend expedient evaluation by a general surgeon.   

Young children will benefit from primary repair, which means high ligation and excision of the hernia sac.

Ehlers-danlos syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that can manifest with hypermobile and lax joints.

Genetic testing may help make the diagnosis.