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Umbilical hernia is a common abdominal abnormality identified in infancy and is usually self-limiting. Only hernias that are very large, symptomatic, or persist past age three will require operative repair.
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Agnoni, A.A. (2014). Umbilical Hernia. In: Coppola, C., Kennedy, Jr., A., Scorpio, R. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_36
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