Re: inguinal hernia and scoliosis-Judy

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Judy, thanks - are they saying anything about the age ? It seems

for me why is it that the kids are older instead of babies. Have

they given you any answers at all to this? Did your son go to day

care at all in the TLSO? Wondering how they would deal with it or

not.?

Thanks,

> Hi MAry,

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> I don't know if there is a link between scoliosis and inguinal

hernia but my son has scoliosis and is booked in for an inguinal

hernia repair in July. He is aged 5.

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> Judy Scherrenberg, Mum to Harlee Timms, Born 1/11/99 with LS CDH.

Repaired at 5 days old. In NICU for 45 days. Umbilical hernia

repair and repair of undecended testicle at 5 years old. TLSO brace

fitted for progressive scoliosis March 2005. Inguinal hernia repair

pending.

> inguinal hernia and scoliosis

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> Hi,

> Does anyone else know if there is a correlation between

scoliosis and

> inguinal hernias? Our dd has to have the repair surgery and

they are

> recommending doing both sides at once. I had never heard of

anyone

> having the hernia repair at nearly age 3. We had never noticed

it

> before.

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