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Hernia Repair Surgery Santa Fe NM

Surgery proceeds in much the same way, regardless of where the incision is made. The hernia sac is carefully opened and the intestine or other tissue is placed back inside the abdomen. The weakened area is repaired and reinforced with a synthetic mesh or a suture that pulls the abdominal muscle tissue back together.

Walter E Dickinson, MD FACS
505-489-1693
147 Gonzales Rd
Santa Fe, NM
Edward Joseph Bieniek, MD
505-954-8720
902 Allahna Way
Santa Fe, NM
Monty Woods, MD
608-935-9751
6 Camino Botanica
Santa Fe, NM
Dan Ernest Allon, MD
Santa Fe, NM
Marla Ann Gokee, MD
460 Saint Michaels Dr Ste 1000
Santa Fe, NM
Timothy F Wetherill, MD
316-293-2665
701 Paseo de La Loma
Santa Fe, NM
Jorge Aquiles Lentino, MD
713-398-4649
3071 Plaza Blanca
Santa Fe, NM
Eric William Anderson, MD
505-982-3534
2307 Calle Halcon
Santa Fe, NM
Caesar Marcelo Ursic
(505) 954-8728
1631 Hospital Dr
Santa Fe, NM
Philo Calhoun
(505) 988-9821
1700 Cerrillos Rd
Santa Fe, NM
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Hernia Repair - Open Surgery

Open Surgery

The type of anesthesia utilized during open hernia repair surgery depends on the patient's and the physician's preference, as well as the health of the patient. Choice of anesthesia includes general, which renders the patient unconscious and prevents memory of the surgery; epidural or spinal, which numbs a large area of the body; and local, which numbs the immediate area around the hernia. Local and spinal anesthetics are often used with sedation, which induces drowsiness.

Once the anesthesia has taken effect, the area around the hernia is cleaned thoroughly with an antiseptic solution to prevent postoperative infection. The surgeon makes an incision near the location of the hernia. For an inguinal hernia, the incision is made just above the crease where the abdomen meets the thigh. To repair an umbilical hernia, it is made close to the navel. If the hernia has occurred at the site of a previous operation, the incision from that surgery is reopened.

Surgery proceeds in much the same way, regardless of where the incision is made. The hernia sac is carefully opened and the intestine or other tissue is placed back inside the abdomen. The weakened area is repaired and reinforced with a synthetic mesh or a suture that pulls the abdominal muscle tissue back together. The entire procedure takes about 1 hour in adults and 30 minutes in children.

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