Patients who have a hernia repair have about a 1-2% chance of the hernia coming back, or ‘recurring’. Recurrent hernias can pose a more difficult challenge since there has already been one surgery in the area, creating scar tissue. Often the first surgeon used a mesh so repeating the surgery a second time creates difficulty […]
4th time’s the charm
We had a wonderfully pleasant 73 year old woman who came to us recently after 3 previous failed attempts at fixing her hernia. She had gallbladder surgery back 20 years ago and developed a hernia at one of her incisions. This was repaired 3 times and each time the surgery failed. We hope that the […]
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 […]