• Saud A Al Jadaan, Mutaz M Gieballa, Suliaman M Alaqeel, and Mohammad A Aldaffaa.
• From the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Al Jadaan, Gieballa, Alaqeel, Aldaffaa), King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Jadaan, Gieballa), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Al Jadaan, Gieballa, Alaqeel), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Med J. 2022 Sep 1; 43 (9): 104310451043-1045.

ObjectivesTo find if repairing sliding inguinal hernias containing the ovary should be carried out urgently or not.MethodsA retrospective chart review carried out at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2015-2022. All cases with an ovarian inguinal hernia in females aged 0-14 years were reviewed after obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board.ResultsFemale children with inguinal hernia patients were 191. A total of 28 cases were sliding inguinal hernias involving the ovary. All were repaired electively except for 4 cases that had an initial presentation of an incarcerated ovary at age less than 90 days which required urgent reduction and repair.ConclusionBased on our review, ovarian sliding hernias in female patients can be repaired electively, although newborns are at a higher risk of complications from sliding inguinal hernias.Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal.

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