If I was having hernia surgery, I would be concerned about everything that could happen to me after surgery. Chronic pain, infections, recurrences of my hernia as well as a lot of other things that would never happen (stroke, death, never waking up!). The one I hear in the office the most is “what are […]
What is Dr. Harris’ complication rate after hernia surgery?
A lot of patients ask what our complication rate is after surgery. Although we don’t keep a formal database with our patients complications, I can tell you that in 2013 we had one patient develop a recurrent hernia after a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. So far in 2014, we had a recurrent hernia in a […]
What about complications from hernia surgery?
Any surgeon who has no complications isn’t operating enough. Every surgeon in the world has outcomes that they didn’t want. This includes infections, recurrences, bleeding, etc. No surgeon is perfect, no ones body is perfect, and no one heals perfectly. However, by doing the same surgery over and over and over, we can minimize our […]