| 1. | The total diameter of an umbilical hernia is usually 10 centimeters.
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| 2. | Congenital umbilical hernia is a congenital malformation of the navel ( umbilicus ).
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| 3. | An umbilical hernia can be fixed in two different ways.
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| 4. | Most umbilical hernias in infants and children close spontaneously and rarely have complications of gastrointestinal content incarcerations.
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| 5. | A case report of strangulated umbilical hernia with Meckel's diverticulum has also been published in the literature.
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| 6. | The hernias of the anterior abdominal wall include : epigastric hernias, umbilical hernias, spigelian hernias and incisional hernias.
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| 7. | In general, newborns with umbilical hernias do not require treatment because often these hernias spontaneously close by age four.
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| 8. | The navel ( specifically abdominal wall ) would be considered an umbilical hernia if the protrusion was 5 centimeters or more.
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| 9. | The latex has been used topically to treat calluses, ear ache, insect stings, ringworm, skin cancer, toothache, umbilical hernias, and warts.
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| 10. | An " umbilical hernia " is also a defect in which abdominal contents come through weak abdominal wall muscle at the umbilicus.
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