Clinical outcomes of umbilical hernia in patients with liver cirrhosis: A retrospective comparative analysis of management strategies.

The study included 70 patients, out of which 54 patients initially planned for conservative treatment, and 21 eventually underwent emergent umbilical hernia repair.

In the elective surgery group, 11 (68.8%) had a Child A score, whereas the emergency group had 9 patients (42.9%) with a Child B score and 10 patients (47.6%) with a Child C score ( p = 0.001).